Thursday, 17 March 2016

RED CRESTED POCHARDS AT WHELFORD

A sunny afternoon and still 13 degrees when I finished work so stopped off at Whelford nature reserve on my way home. Several red crested pochards present,  engaging in courtship offerings of weed , also tufted duck, mallards, swans, canada geese, long tailed tits, blue tits, robin, dunnock wren, moorhen, coot, heron , and a noisy flock of black headed gulls on and around the island. 
red crested pochards courtship weed offerings

long tailed tits fluttering amongst the branches




spring flowers at Whelford

1 comment:

  1. ...but I thought you didn't like taking photos of birds at bird tables?

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