A stroll around some local ponds and there is always something to see.

Little Grebe in the Water Lillies since I lat saw some of these small diving birds they have coloured up and are in their breeding plumage. They feed on insects, larvae and small fish.

Great Crested Grebe I spotted at least two birds sitting on nests they build a raft/platform nest on trees that overhang into the water. These elegant waterbirds with ornate head plumes led to them being hunted for their feathers, almost leading to their extermination in the UK. today there are some 5,300 breeding birds here and over 23,000 wintering birds.

Chicks are often carried around on the backs of their parents something I am hoping to see this year.

Willow Warbler. A summer visitor to Britain from Africa arriving in April with an early return passage during August and September.

A Coot in a Flap!

It was unusual to see Sparrows hunting for insects on the Lilly Pads.