It was very quiet on the lake for such a sunny day; the swans were on the island - possibly building a nest, there were no herons or cormarants, and even the ducks were scarce. The grebes were, however, on a nest after I caught them mating a few posts ago (click here to see that post). Here are some of the grebe photos I got:
The photo quality isn't great as I packed my video camera instead of my photo camera.
The next creature which I saw was a surprise - one I had never seen before on the lake. It was a terrapin, a type of reptile (and the first ever reptile on the blog) a bit like a turtle or tortoise. They are most likely a red-eared terrapin which has been recorded as an escaped, non-native species in the UK a few times before.
That wasn't the only new animal on today's post. A colourful little bird known as a nuthatch, was also there.
That is all for today's post. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading!
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