Sutton Mill Dam (St.Helens) Photo-Album
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A view of the lake from
the bridge at the west end of Sutton Mill Dam
A tree which blew down
in the January 2007 gales hangs over the frozen
lake
Four cygnets line up on
the water of the Sutton Mill Dam in June '07
A female mallard takes a
reflective moment
The reflections of the
swans as they glide on the water can be stunning
The dam is one of the
most popular angling waters in the town
Sutton Mill Dam pictured
frozen in February 2007
The ducks were able to
walk on the frozen water!
Sutton Mill Dam pictured
frozen in February 2007
A duck lands on the lake
after launching from a fisherman's platform
The powerful waterfall
at the east end which feeds the Sutton Brook
The dam in winter 2006
taken from the woodland which surrounds the lake
A duckling takes a break
from all that swimming!
A mute swan on the dam
in Spring 2006
A view of the lake from
the bridge at the west end
The reflections of the
swans as they glide on the water can be stunning
The male swan
aggressively protects his young from an out of shot
dog
The pen sitting on her
nest in May 2007 incubating her eggs
While the pen incubated
her eggs the cob was ‘swanning’ around
the Mill Dam!
Once the cygnets hatched
they had to be slowly introduced to the water by
their mother
The four cygnets that
were hatched in 2006
Mute swans on the Sutton
Mill Dam in Spring 2006
Within six months the
cygnets will have been driven from the dam by their
parents
A blizzard in the Sutton
Mill Dam on February 8th 2007
A blizzard in the Sutton
Mill Dam on February 8th 2007
A gorgeous peacock
butterfly in the woodland of the mill dam in Spring
2007
A moorhen chick on the
lake
A hungry chick gets fed
by mother moorhen
Two of a brood of nine
ducklings - hard to photograph as they’re
always moving!
The four cygnets with
their mother on the lake
The cygnets have been
dabbling in the water for food and look rather
bedraggled!
A close-up of rather wet
cygnets after they’d been dabbling in the water
for food
One of the great crested
grebe’s young offspring
No not a headless
moorhen! The female is dabbling for food to feed her
hungry chicks
The pen and her cygnets
‘swanning around’ on the Dam in the
sunshine
Always observant and
thinking of supper, a grey heron observes a great
crested grebe
Three of the four
cygnets hatched in 2007