BLACKFORD POND [Edinburgh, Scotland]

Blackford Pond is small but it still manages to attract a variety of bird species, some just visiting, others more permanent residents. Some of the visitors such as grey herons stay for a short time but others such as mute swans stay longer. There is a small islet in the middle of the pond which was re-landscaped a couple of years ago in the hope that swans would breed there. So far this has not happened, probably because it wasn't enlarged and heightened enough, but the geese and moorhens are happier. The regularly spotted species at the pond are:

	Coots
Mallard Ducks
	Tufted Ducks
Moorhens
	Greylag Geese
Little Grebes [Dabchicks]
Swans
	Gulls of various sorts [Common, Black-headed etc - they are not resident but fly in on days when there are lots of human visitors carrying bread!]
Swifts [often seen overhead at dusk]. Also the usual common hedgerow species, such as this wee robin, round the pond.

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