While out in the wetland in early November I stumbled upon a hawks nest. I was clearing around the trees we had planted prior to our trip to Italy and was most surprised when a adult hawk burst out of the grass leaving a nest of 3 eggs. I took a few quick shots and carried on with my work. Shortly afterwards the adult returned. This was on the 11/11/11 and on the 3/12/11 I found 2 chicks and one egg. Since then I’ve monitored them every few days watching them slowly grow.  The adults have been surprisingly receptive and always returned after each visit. I was very concerned for there well being today as we have had so much rain and thought they might be flooded out but was pleasantly surprised that they were high and dry.