Wednesday 13 December 2017

A Frozen Pond and a Rushing River

Yesterday we had a lovely lunchtime wander around Blackford Pond and part of the Hermitage of Braid. The pond was frozen

 mallards and a black headed gull on the ice
 moorhen showing off its funny feet
female mallard preening 

We also walked along part of the Braid Burn, where we had brilliant views of a couple of dippers


Thanks Crafty Green Boyfriend for these lovely photos!

3 comments:

Draffin Bears said...

Hi Juliet,

Oh dear - poor ducks and hope it thaws out a little to make it better.
Have a great Thursday
hugs
Carolyn

RG said...

Ice skating birds!

Lowcarb team member said...

It does look cold!
It has been cold.
It still is cold!

Thanks for the series of photographs.

All the best Jan