Not quite as many oddities in this thread. This part of the walk took me away from the breeding centre and past the boating lake. Mostly regular faces this time. 'Duck Buster' Hazy, you may take the rest of the afternoon off. Well, most of it; there are a couple for you here...
1.One of the many types of Teal is my guess. Over to you Duck Buster! (FALACTED TEAL)
2.Preening those feathers must be a thankless task!
3.This would make a good jigsaw
4.BAHAMA PINTAIL
5.This one looks familiar. It's not a female Wood Duck... (PINTAIL)
6.Young Moorhen
7.Not very frisky Feral
8.Young Coot and young Moorhen foraging amongst the leaves
9.An inquisitive Canada Goose
10.Black Headed Gull (Winter Plumage)
11.I caught a fish that was THIS big!
12.Seriously guys. It was huge!
13.Actually, now I think about it. It was actually even bigger!
14.What? No, I'm not making it up.
15.OK. It was just a minnow. Leave me alone...
16.Saw one of these on the far side of the lakes. Female ? (COMMON POCHARD)
17.Greylag Goose
18.A quick 'Bottoms Up!' from an Egyptian Goose
19.Greylag
20.One of the many herons to be seen near the boating lake
21.'The Thinker'
22.Herring Gull. I think.
23.Greylag up close and personal
24.And again.
25.BHG (first Winter) and friends. Not sure about the leg colour, so maybe I'm wrong.
26.BHG (Winter)
27.Sunbathing Ferals
28.Canada Goose says hi
29.Little Grebe
A quick scratch
Another heron
Here's something I rarely see: Ferals in a tree. They just look so out of place!
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
Just a quick duck check...
Unknown said: Not White-cheeked Pintail (aka Bahama Pintail) but a female Mandarin.
Not White-cheeked Pintail (aka Bahama Pintail) but a female Mandarin.
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aiki said: Just a quick duck check... Not White-cheeked Pintail (aka Bahama Pintail) but a female Mandarin.
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I put Female Mandarin in my original thread. Should have left it unedited.