Yesterday and today at Marloes Mere

Yesterday morning, encouraged by a chap in the car park who told me he had just seen the Green Winged Teal "right in front of the hide" I spent several hours in the Northern hide to no avail. In the bleak and misty weather there were plenty of other ducks including 5 Tufties but no Teal and no Marsh Harrier either. I did manage to pick up the Iceland Gull though. The main event was the huge numbers of Swallows, with a few Sand Martins, feeding very low over the water. Then two Canda Geese arrived with 18 goslings. I wondered if it was possible for a female goose to incubate 18 large eggs and decided it was doubtful. Closer inspection of the goslings revealed at least two different age groups. So was this a creche? Or two females (?) with two broods? Or gosling-napping?
Today I tried again - lovely weather but no Teal and no Iceland Gull either - the group of gulls to which it attached itself were nowhere to be seen. The goslings however were now up to 23!! The plot thickens!

Rosemary