Mink

We have a mink. It was seen killing a Canada Goose (an adult Canada Goose!) and swimming off to the far shore with it. I don't have a problem with introduced species killing introduced species :) However there is no guarantee it won't kill other creatures, like the fish it had when I saw it -

New Chicks

The Little Grebes that I've been monitoring for the last few weeks have 4 chicks and seem to be doing OK:

Meanwhile, over at Bempton Cliffs over the weekend there were several Gannet chicks to admire: