Baby grey herons as spring wings it way in

These baby grey herons, croaking loudly for food, are not quite ready to wing their way across the blue spring sky like their parents. But spring is definitely here... the first poppies dotted along the roadside shine out on this misty morning and when the sun finally shines through, the ducks chase around the ponds and among the reeds, the multi-coloured glossy ibis shows off its full mating season plumage.

Grey herons, Glossy ibis, Gadwall (female), Northern shoveler (male), Mallards