an early morning ride around Rävgången and Oset - Nature reserves

so Maggie and me have been resting, but we have made a visit or two around this region.  

one morning we took a little ride around the Nature reserve, which is around the edge of the lake, Hjälmaren.  this is a summer breeding area for many different species of water bird - geese, ducks, gulls etc.  this year there seems to be an explosion of geese here.  I think it will be pretty impressive when they gather together later to fly south.

this area is a real favourite of mine and each time I visit Örebro, I try to make a couple of visits there because there always seems to be a new bird to see.

the resident swan did a nice performance for me - but really she/he was only cleaning the feathers, making sure each was in its rightful place.

The geese and ducks all had trails of little ones paddling, dabbling and doing their best to eat as much as possible in the short summer time because they need to fly far away.

should I go this way?  no - the gate is too tricky, or is it
 too much left on the ground....

Swan Lake

yellow iris is everywhere

and baby coots, so tiny but so busy

one of the bird hides there

dandelions gone to seed

what are those crazy coots doing?

where is Mother Duck? over the hills and far away....

which way to go?  either way is good!

Mother Duck trying to keep the brood together

This is Oset - a more open wetland and noisy as the gulls have claimed it as theirs