Life on the Loch!

It was very cold and windy at the loch today, the shallows being almost saturated with fallen leaves. My hands were too cold and I find it difficult to handle the camera with my gloves on so had to content myself with only a couple of pictures instead of my usual dozen or so! This mallard looked very majestic as he paddled his way to the shallows for a good forage among the leaves.