Blackmoorfoot

I took Laddie a walk around Blackmoorfoot reservoir today, see if anything was around... Tufted Duck, Black Headed Gull, Mallards (some juvenile), Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail, Canada Goose (just the one hanging out with some Mallards), Crows and Blackbirds.

There were 2 treats... 2 Oystercatchers flew by and I came across a family of Swallows. The parents were swooping around feeding and I could just make out a baby (still quite fluffy) around what presumably is the nest site. And an odd one at that... inside the cylindrical drainage "thing" that sticks out into the water. Mind you, lots of insects on tap and fenched off from the rest of the world with irons gates under lock and key... quite a sensible nesting place really.