Snookered

Mr and Mrs Plover have 4 babies who are now exploring our front footpath. I have a pile of mulch which I am hoping to clear from the footpath but progress is halted today. The wheelbarrow stands abandoned as I beat a hasty retreat with the spade for protection. This intense parenting went on for quite a long while last year. They lost at least one baby then and only managed to rear one, but this did not diminish their effort. Long after junior had learnt to fly and grown quite large, we would hear their supervisory cries as they returned home at dusk.