War and Peace

Lovely blog Lily - thanks for sharing.

Great pics, lovely lake.
The birds have been quite here today, I was wondering what they were up too.

Glad you enjoyed it Sheila, I love your new avatar :o))
Thanks Willi, the birds have all got plenty on their minds this time of year!

Lily, this is document is on almost all birds living in Britain, lol. What a good luck you had :) Beautiful photos, love the colour of the lake. "The chap" is squirrel?

great blog Lily and enjoyed the photos very much :o))) x

LOL Katarina, no only a few of hundreds maybe even thousands of British birds! Yes "the chap" is a squirrel but not a very good photo.
Hi Sandra and thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I seem to be stuck on bird blogs lately. It seems like spring is here so maybe some flowery things soon :o)))x

Really enjoyed that walk with you Lil. obviously , now its spring , they've all got something else on their mind. We watched a swan last year on holiday in Turkey and it was biting this young one and then another joined in. It was awful to watch, but this little one refused to move from its nesting place, inspite of the fact that he was now bald in a few places where they had been pulling at his feathers. We couldn't watch anymore , so we left them to it.

It always seems odd to me to see a duck in a tree! As for the swan, his offspring must be male - this time of year, he's not having it. They can be so and so's though - I've a friend who has swans on water really close to her house - every time you come outside, the blasted things chase after you, flapping and pecking, vicious they are.

Thanks Rose, glad you enjoyed it. The little we saw was bad enough, that's why we left. The parent was obviously not going to give up however many times they swam round the lake, one of the less pleasant aspects of nature I suppose. :o(
Hi Bamboo, was only thinking of you today and here you are! The tree with the duck in was very low, at water level, and the duck seems to have his head submerged but I think it's reflection and was only half in the water.
I thought the young one must be male, I suppose they want shot of him in order to concentrate on the next batch. Seems tough though doesn't it to be so vicious.

Nature is very cruel Linda. When we had 4 fox cubs in the garden. One of them was lame in a back leg. The vixen stopped feeding them. She may have been run over. I unplated the base of the side gate and the three fit ones went right away. They were eating dog food like no tomorrow. The lame one was getting thinner. I fed him up for another 3 weeks then let him go. I saw Golden fox, one of the cubs recently, by his markings. The lame one never again. A lot of animals are so territorial and nasty when they are breeding again.

Lovely photo's Lily, how lucky you are to live in such a picturesque area, is this the same lake where you had the misfortune to see a duckling disappear suddenly ?