Most of Saturday was spent at the computer working on the final stages of the Ayrshire Bird Report 2005. On Sunday, I spent several hours photographing large and easy birds at Walthamstow Reservoirs. There are many fledgling Grey Herons around including one with a deformed beak. At times, when it was feeling especially sorry for itself, it kept hidden in dense, bankside vegetation until a fox surprised it. The heron launched itself into the water in a life-saving bid and the Canada Geese and Mute Swan family joined in the collective mobbing which saw the fox make a hasty retreat. See – Canada Geese are good for something! Also around were Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, Common Tern, Shelduck and Common Sandpiper. Below is a small selection of photographs.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/greyheron14may06a.jpg)
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![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/cormorant14may06.0.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/cormorants14may06.jpg)
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![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/mallard14may06.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/commontern14may06.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/muteswancygnets14may06.0.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/greyheron14may06c.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/muteswans14may06.jpg)
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5192/2330/400/canadagoose14may06a.jpg)
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