I spent the weekend away in West Yorkshire visiting my Granddaughter and the weather was a little limiting to do anything other than enjoy their company. In the little village of Marsden  the River Colne meanders through the centre. Feeding the ducks seems to be a favourite pass time and their was at least 30 pairs of Mallard doing very nicely by the small weir. Amongst them was a few Jackdaws that had learnt to take advantage of food source. I am quite attracted to this species because they are intelligent and very clever. I find them a little more interesting than Carrion Crows and of course Rooks who are frankly quite ugly. The eye of this bird is a real feature.

I couldn’t resist trying to get some good photos of the mallards and this is the best I came up with.