Luddendenfoot Herons

Latest info from the Luddendenfoot Heronry.
5 nests have hatched young, one of which has at least two chicks in.

If you have wondered how such long-legged birds manage to mate, all is revealed in the clip below. I will make more video available in due course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7nvBKhtOt0

Also, for fans of large lagomorphs, the following was the closest I got to boxing mad March Hares....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389qMRWP9io

and a Great Crested Grebe by the Barge and Barrel is here.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmLOA6G86Pw

Sadly, I never caught up with the displaying pair on the ski lake. This bird may, however, have been one of them.