Female Skylark (Lydney, the Marshes)

It's been raining, not the sort of day that helps the photographer. So, here I am, looking at my newer photos, and came across these little birds running through the grasses, see if you can find them.

Herring Gull (Lydney Boating Lake)

I went down to the lake, but, I still couldn't find the Mallard Duck. I'll try again tomorrow.

7-spot Ladybird larva. (Lydney, the Marshes)

I have to tell you, that the Mallard Duck has disappeared, the RSPCA turned up and I talked to her. She would wait for me to phone her. At least she was on it. I shall be there every day until we find it.
The Ladybird larva was my first, so good to find it. Sorry, I could not find my macro.

Mallard Duck, still is here again.

She was still here, with the fisherman's hook. No chance froM the RSPCA, so I rang them up. They said sorry, but it will be done later. Well, I went off to see something, it was a Grass Snake. I was told it would be where, well I can't you that. But, it turned out to be a Grass Snake skin, it is ready to shed. When I returned to the lake, there was no sign of the Mallard Duck........... Which,  is a good sign.

Grass Snake's Skin

Mallard Duck, female, with a hook in her beak. (Lydney Boating Lake).

It is unearthly terrible to see such a thing. A female Mallard Duck hooked by some fisherman's, it makes me mad. I have rung the RSPCA.