Dandelion opening

Peacock butterfly

Peacock butterfly feeding.

Birds in spring at Slimbridge

It's spring, and the swans are courting.

And so are the Jackdaws.

More uncommonly, so are Common cranes (Grus grus). These used to be extinct in the UK, but have recently reintroduced to the Somerset Levels. They seem to be spreading.

A coot - you can clearly see the lobed feet.

Moorhens preening each other.

Also present were avocets, here seen with a greylag goose.

The avocets again.

A pair of black-tailed godwith (Limosa limosa) were also feeding. They are long-legged waders.

Also spotted were a pair of oystercatchers on a raised island in the lake.

Change

Everything changes.
Consider a stone, water falling on it,
Drip, drip, drip.
Come back tomorrow, and it is still there,
Seemingly unchanged, timeless.
But come back in a decade:
The stone is hollowed,
The unceasing stream of drips
Achieving together what one couldn't do.
Come back in millennia and the rock is no longer there,
Worn away, sediment in the ocean.
Come back in an epoch,
And age compresses,
Squeezing rock from the weight of mud.
Come back in an era, and you'll find a stone,
Drip, drip, drip.
Everything changes, when viewed over time.