Easter has come earlier for the the London Wetland Centre after three rare goslings hatched at the site.
The nenes, of which only about 1,000 usually survive in the wild in their native Hawaii, are proving to be a firm favourite at the Barnes centre, drawing in crowds of visitors.
Pronounced nay-nay after their call, the goslings arrived just in time for Easter and their parents are taking in their stride the attention their offspring have attracted.
The Hawaiian geese have a long history attached to the wetland centre, with Sir Peter Scott, who founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), establishing a captive breeding programme in the 1950s.
The reintroduction programme by WWT meant numbers of the nenes in the wild increased from just 30 to between 1,000 to 2,000.
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