Friday Morning

Starters:
Had to buy a new memory card, (looking at the dead one, it seems to have got wet somehow) I'd got a couple of 2 Gig ones,but they're slow and not really big enuff for my snapping habit. So that's £25 gone. I know you can get 'em (a lot) cheaper, but speed and reliability have to be taken into account.
Had to buy a new microwave: another £40!

Rain! Wednesday it rained; only showers but such torrents when they came:

lovely weather for ducks

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The blue-green alga's still on the pond, now all round, earlier it was just at the top (west) end.

Now there's the warning notice: just in time for the school holidays.

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To lessen the repetitive boredom, I've stuck all the grebe nesting pics in a slideshow:

Tip: don't click the centre arrow, click an edge.

Swans are so photogenic!

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So I've slideshowed a few.

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I didn't know that moorhens ate fish:

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And here's interesting:

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Daddy grebe brought junior a fish and a gull decided it wanted some. Both grebes dived and, presumably, the fish was transferred under water. Didn't quite catch all the action it took me by surprise.

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The roses on the Canch are struggling against the depredations of the weather and, I suspect, the financial situation.

Couldn't resist this:

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Gingernuts and Gingerkit kipping together. They've both allowed me to feed and house them but I've no idea where they're from. Since Gingerkit turned up Gingernuts has become quite affectionate: he's on my lap at the moment.

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A few favourites to end:

He looks as if he's describing the one that got away.


Mother and younger child only.


This moorhen seems to be suspended.