This morning at Ham Wall, a very vocal and flighty pair of Egyptian Geese prospecting a large stick-built nest in the crown of a tree in the reed-bed, south of the main path between the two viewpoints.  After flying over the band of trees twice and with some difficulty, they made to land in the crown close to the nest. One bird succeeded and balanced there precariously; the other fell through the branches and into the reeds. I understand they will use old treetop nests on occasion (especially in Africa) and, during the 1980s, a pair nested in a Buzzard’s nest near Wimbleball Res.