Venus Pool - Lesser Redpolls

 A nice surprise to have a few Lesser Redpolls feeding on seeds right in front of the Memorial Hide!

A tad easier than when they are at the top of the Alders!

Venus Pool - Merlin

A Merlin is always welcome anywhere but even more so at VP where they are pretty difficult to come by? I was stood at the Oak Tree end of the causeway when this fem / imm zipped along the hedgerow and landed above my head!! Impossible to get a clear shot...

Eventually it took flight heading down the causeway and I got three overhead pics against the dreaded white sky!

They will do, better than now...

Venus Pool - Pintail

Not just Swans, there were three Pintail on show today - 2 males and 1 female. 

Venus Pool - Whooper Swans

 About time I took a picture of two and with a couple of Whooper Swans dropping into VP, it would have been rude not too...

Once they relocated at the southern end and started 'calling / head bobbing', it was just a question of 'when' they would depart...

They were too close to catch together sadly...

Love these high energy moments!

Undercarriage tucked in and away they went...