It was warm out on the marsh today, with dozens of gaggling Canada geese honking their displeasure at seeing me. I videoed these in the River Stour and South Pool. Herons waded in the marsh ponds, pools and the river shallows, hunting for tasty titbits for their hungry chicks, I expect. Woodpeckers drummed on deadwood, and clouds of gnats, flies, and mosquitoes were a nuisance for me and the cattle.