Little Marlow Terns (and Grebes)

A quick visit to check on the Common Terns and to see if anything else was around.  Rather surprised to find that three Tern chicks had "jumped ship".  Two were swimming close to the rafts and one was perched on a tree stump close to the west bank.

Two fish are in the photos below.  Can anyone ID the fish.  Click on the photos to enlarge.

Two of the swimmers.  They were just a few feet from the rafts.
There was a lot of floating weed in the water.

Despite having left the rafts, they were still being fed.
I thought this fish was too large but the youngster soon devoured it. 

Close to the west bank.  An adult Tern guarding a youngster (close to the water).
While I was watching another adult brought in food for the youngster.

The same youngster as in the photo above.  Interestingly this bird was unringed so it has to be the swimmer that escaped when the young Terns were ringed on Friday.  This particular Tern jumped ship and swam to an overgrown island, so we were unable to retrieve it. Good to see that it has survived and is being well looked after.

A fish being delivered and soon swallowed. 

Feeding over. 

Great Crested Grebes - The adult in the water bringing in more weed to build up the nest.