The wind had dropped today - slightly -after 2 days of gale force winds.
I know that Jan-Feb are the windiest months in CPT but somehow the incessant wind got to me... never mind the coots who don't stand a chance in the wind. They build their nests only to have them blown down the length of the Pond, and then they disappear. I'm not sure if they disintegrate or end stacked up somewhere in the reeds. Maybe there's a waterbird version of the Cuckoo who comes and inhabits abandoned nests??
This morning two Egrets caught the early light as they sat on the naked branch on the side of the channel. The grey heron had already finished breakfast and was basking in the early morning sun on the lawn. Yesterday it caught the biggest fish I'd seen it catch so far... I wonder if he was still satisfied from that?
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