Seals at the Goolwa barrages

After we shopped this morning, we decided to drive to the Goolwa barrages to see the seal colony which has taken up residence there and living high off the hog on European carp, I believe. The electrician who repaired our power cable last week, told us this. He takes his wooden boat out on the Coorong and saw them there.Sure enough when we walked along the barrages and came to the end, there they were, at least two dozen at a guess. They were lounging on the wooden trusses, lazing in the water waving the odd flipper about, grunting and snuffling and occasionally barking as well. I was very cross because I hadn't thought to take my camera and there would have been some amusing shots.Back on the edge of the Coorong were a bevy of shags drying their wings and a lone Egret and a pelican. When we walked back a small group of little cormorants were diving and eating whatever school of fish was there, I wondered if they may have been Coorong Mullet fry.
We had lunch at the Whistlestop cafe and very nice it was too, I had the veal and duck sausages and mash while Brian had the John Dory fillet and chips with salad which was equally good, I had a glass of merlot and Brian a glass of sauvingnon blanc. We'll just have oysters and brown bread and butter for dinner tonight.
We drove back via the Nankita way through the back hills which is always a delightful drive.Years ago we saw a monitor cross the road near some thick scrub, there still are some lovely bits of bush on that route. We saw a black shouldered kite on Norman road too, and yesterday a new little bird flew into the Holm oak and dived into the pond but we have not been able to identify it so far, it was too brief a sighting.
The above image was photographed by a friend ,he had some great shots of birds as well especially the kites in flight and the detail on the whitefaced heron is so beautiful.