I can never remember whether these are swamp hens, coots, moor hens - or something else, but today was a nice day to be down the Lilyponds taking photos. At the moment there is a lot of Salvina molesta in the Lilyponds and not so much of the waterlilies. The Salvina molesta can become a real pest in the waterways - but no doubt the council will be on to it and it will be dragged out in due course. Years ago when I was in PNG it was such a pest in the Sepik River that the villagers could barely fish.
