Greylag Geese and Tufted ducks in the Loder valley yesterday.

Greylag geese.

This is how far the geese were from the above pictures.  Click on this or any picture to expand it.

There were some Tufted ducks, perhaps a dozen or more.

The male Tufted ducks have the larger tuft and white flanks.  The females have brown sides to their bodies.  In this shot are Cormerants and Mallards too.  There were also Coots, Moorhens, and Great Crested Grebes.

Grebe.
Kingfishers are nesting but I didn't see them.

This Toothwort was in flower by the public footpath east of the bridge over the reservoir.
This seemed to be earlier flowering than in previous years.  See http://sussexrambler.blogspot.com/2010/05/broomrape-and-early-purple-orchid-on-7.html