The NINE baby Moorhens are still doing well, this is certainly the biggest brood I have personally seen. I was reading a book which said that some Moorhens lay eggs in other Moorhens nests as a sort of ‘insurance’ that they pass on their genes, I wonder if the lack of nest sites on the [...]

I am still not sure what or if anything has happened to the 5 baby Moorhens towards the Mill. They were again not on the water but an Adult Moorhen is sitting on the nest and there may be some babies underneath it ???? The Moorhen that had 11 Eggs has had at least 8 [...]

I saw what I believed to be a dead duckling floating downstream, however it then started to move its legs, so it was alive but obviously badly injured. There was no chance of getting to it and then the struggle stopped – it was now dead No wonder I do not like this time of [...]

There are still five baby Moorhens being looked after by three adults so they have all survived well so far. There were quite a lot of ducklings on the river this morning. One of the Mothers looked like the one on the nest in the photo below and the nest was empty, although I cannot [...]

There are still a few ducklings about but not as many as a week or so ago, but the ones that remain are getting a bit bigger. I saw a dead female Mallard which was obviously drowned by about 4 males trying to mate with her, and they were still mating with her when she [...]

No sign of the (now only) 2 duckling family, I suppose they have perished There was a Mum with 21 (yes TWENTY ONE) ducklings this morning. The Coot was on Lollycocks Pond as Graham had mentioned and I saw Stiff Legs. I have seen 2 ducks nests during my walks, one is very safe from [...]

We have some ducklings Apparantly there were 9 ducklings on Wednesday, sadly only 8 yesterday and only 7 today, I just hope the remaining ones survive the cold nights we are due. Its very early for Slea ducklings as normally its the beginning of April when we see the first family. The 2 Swans are [...]