Ducklings!

I think this maybe the same mother duck with the large brood that I saw last week. She had about 9 ducklings with her today although there aren't that many in this shot.

For some reason I was mistaken for a local journalist today when a walker saw me taking photos of the wildlife. He thought he was going to be in the local paper sometime, until I explained I was an amateur photographer. I wonder who else us blippers get mistaken for?

I've added 3 extras today of a bumblebee amongst the willow, a heron on the pond and a very blurry shot of a great tit checking out a bird box in our shared garden.