Adorable new arrivals are thriving at a mill pond and water garden.
The best gift of springtime is the new life it brings, leaving natural spaces full of gorgeous flowers and young animals.
This week, our camera club snappers have been busy capturing the sweet additions to a mill pond in Crawley.
Ifield Mill Pond and Water Gardens is a designated site of nature conservation importance and is home to many species of bird, fish and amphibian.
Camera club photographers Suzi Sullivan and Robert Barrington-Wright both took lovely shots of cygnets and other chicks at the pond.
The cygnets can be seen sticking close to their mother as they circle the pond, while the other chicks rest on the grassy bank.
Ifield Mill Pond consists of northern and southern ponds and Bewbush Water Gardens, which contain natural planting and more ponds.
The mill pond also powers the only working water mill in West Sussex, which has been in operation since 1660.
If you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of the spring chicks before summer arrives, head down to Ifield Mill Pond.
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