We had a murmuration of seagulls over the lake this evening which went on for several minutes. We have never seen this before and it was quite amazing.
The lake is full of Canada and Greylag Geese, swans, egrets and herons all pairing up for Spring with the geese being very vocal!
Not sure where they are going but these geese fly over every morning. We also saw our first Gooseander has arrived for the winter.
The only one enjoying the wet weather today is one of our resident otters 🦦 So far today he has eaten three fish and taken up residence in the duck house - maybe even he was fed up of the rain! ☔️
One of our guests sent us this video of our resident otter, it was spotted right in front of Lake Lodge! 🦦
Spring is definitely in the air at Lake Lodge. If you zoom in on this video you will see two of the family of three otters we have been watching playing in front of the house this weekend. The herons are rebuilding their nests in the heronry on the island. White egrets, Greylag geese and mallards are also sorting out their nesting sites. The woodpeckers are very noisy during the day and the owls at night. A great time to visit for your own private Springwatch.
We have finally managed to capture one of our resident otters on video! Make sure you have your sound on, he’s really quite vocal! 🦦
Listen to the cuckoo. Lake Lodge is the only place we hear one these days.