Already in December 2008 I setup a well-camouflaged hide where I could lie unseen at the bank of a small lake. Today I could freeze some action that I hoped for.The central female and male Gadwall (Anas strepera/Krakeend) were all the time very close to one another (after all it is Valentine today!). Both snap at the obtrusive drake that flies just in front of them (it is hard to tell from the photo but I think there is even body contact between the males). The leftmost drake is present on sufferance.
Earlier this morning a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor/Knobbelzwaan), catching the first sun rays, was floating by.
