THROUGH MY LENS - Dawn Chorus at Kiltonga Nature Reserve

   Last Saturday I attended a Dawn Chorus guided by Dot Bleakley at the Kiltonga Nature Reserve at 5.00am and standing in the car park before walking round the lake we heard, several Song Thrush and Blackbird, a Mistle Thrush and a Robin. It was too dark to to take photos then.  As we walked further round the lake, we heard, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Goldcrest.

By the time we reached the other side of the lake the light was a bit better and we saw 2 sets of Swans both with nests, heard numerous Wren and now the Robins stopped singing and came down to feed on the grass.

Coot

Once again when the light was up, the ground feeders like this Song Thrush was busy collecting worms for their chicks.

A Moorhen wakens up and across on the other side of the lake one of the Swans is sitting on her nest.

As we were nearing the finish of our Dawn Chorus, we spied these Greylag geese with seven goslings and I videoed them.  
There were also another family of geese that had 3 goslings however were too far away to photograph.

On the video, the Greylag parents were worried at the 2 male Mallards being so close their family and you wil see that on the video.

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I hope you enjoyed seeing these photographs from the Dawn Chorus.

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