THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD - WATERBIRDS SHOW OFF THEIR YOUNG ON CLEETHORPES LAKE

 

A pair of great crested grebes have this week been showing off their newly-hatched chick on the lake at Cleethorpes country park. For the first few days of its life, the chick spends most of its time on the back of one of the adults, only seldom venturing on to the water. Many perils lie ahead - not least the threat of being eaten by a pike or snatched by a passing herring  gull. However, its parents can be counted on to  defend their offspring with ferocity. Elsewhere on the water, a pair of swans are rearing six chicks.                                       

                                           

 The chick