You know summer is almost here when the sounds of screeching and screaming come from the lake, heralding the arrival of the Common Tern. There were two today, both flying around the lake and taking rests on the same buoys that they used last year:

I hadn't noticed the heron looking on until I downloaded the photo:

There was a treecreeper in the little copse where the Canada goose is nesting. It was flitting amongst the logs at ground level and twisting around a tree but was too fast for a good photograph:

 

Moving further along the lake, I came across a patch of marsh marigolds in an area I don't usually go to as it's in a tiny little dip where the fisherman sit:

One of the Canada goose nests has been abandoned with broken eggs - one a little way from the nest and one in the nest itself:

There were a couple of robin nearby carrying out their courtship display. The female was acting like a chick and being fed by the male to check he can provide for her when she is on the nest.

The coot nest has been taken over by a pair of great-crested grebe. They have undone some of the coot's work and made it easier for them to walk onto. Grebe nests always look very waterlogged and too low down in the water. Another pair were busy making one on the other side:

 

 A kestrel was checking things out on the towpath when I was heading back: