Here is another small set of photos from last Saturday. I spotted a Moorhen in the water and then a scruffy looking Moorhen chick near to it. Related? Possibly.
But then I spotted this. A Moorhen nest, with eggs, in amongst grass and reeds some way out from the edge.
After taking a couple of photos I moved away and kept quiet and still. Could they all be part of the same family? A first clutch of eggs is often 8 with slightly fewer later in the year. Given that a chick has already fledged it is likely that these are from a separate family and have had eggs predated or they are the same family and not going to hatch.
Anyway I was pleased to see a Moorhen slowly come back to the nest and clamber aboard. You can see some of the black Moorhen and and the red on its beak just behind and to the right of that centre set of stalks.
This is that section cropped tighter so you can see the red and yellow beak.
I quietly moved around to get a couple of shots and then left it to it. I have not been back since to see what has happened.
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