As ever there were a couple of dozen tufted ducks here today. It looks like there are quite a few juveniles in with them.

The male Mute swan continues to be lost. I cant find anyone that knows what happened to him. Today there is a young non breeding swan hanging out close to the lone female and her two cygnets. He is ringed and so I get his number. He is a second year bird that was ringed in Burrs country Park, Bury which is not too far from here. Recently I saw two non breeding swans driven off by the female but this bird is being tolerated and looks completely at ease.

OK not much time today so I trot down to the far end to see if I can pick up the juvenile Great crested grebe. Scanning the water on the way down picks up nothing of interest. Sure enough he is down in his usual spot fishing but he refuses to cooperate and very quickly swims off into the middle of the lake to fish. Oh well there is always tomorrow.....