It was mayhem at the lake this morning, with over 150 Canada Geese flying in from the east and dive bombing the resident mallards, mute swan and two visiting gadwall:

The geese then spent the next hour washing noisily and squabbling amongst themselves. This set the coot off fighting and not to be outdone, the mallard started picking a fight with the gadwall:

The mute swan was above all of this bickering and carried on preening before getting fed up and slowly glided away to the other side:

The next lot of visitors were the usual swallows, joined by a flock of house martins. These don't tend to visit the lake very often when I'm there, although they nest in the cottages just down the track. They had a quick drink for five minutes and were off.

There were quite a few robin around today, some singing in the gentle sub-song. I've heard them the last few weeks in my garden too, just a jumble of notes in a subdued manner. It's almost as if they are singing to themselves and a bit embarressed about it, but this song is the juveniles learning to sing.

A very friendly and curious robin followed me around the woodland, hopping closer and closer:

The wasp nest is still active and seems to have grown a little more:

There were still a couple of chiffchaff around, plus a large party of long-tailed tits and a nuthatch calling. Jays were under the large oak tree and in the woodland were a mass of little fungi: