Today proved to be another rather rainy day. However we took advantage of a brief dry spell to walk around Queen's Park. In spite of the many gulls present, some of the waterbirds appear to have managed to breed including Coot (with two broods of four young out on the water, a single, large juvenile begging from an adult and an apparently occupied nest). Tufted Duck was the other notable breeder we encountered with a female escorting eight tiny ducklings on the main pond.