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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
The male swan aggressively protects his young from an out of shot dog
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 four cygnets that were hatched in 2006
Within six months the cygnets will have been driven from the dam by their parents
Mute swans on the Sutton Mill Dam in Spring 2006
Feeding the swans is a popular activity at Sutton Mill Dam
A blizzard in the Sutton Mill Dam on February 8th 2007
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
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
The pen sitting on her nest in May 2007 incubating her eggs
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
The four cygnets hatched in 2007
