I went over to Farmoor again this morning to see if I could get some better views of the pair of Garganeys which are still present in the Pinkhill reserve.
There were a couple of people already in the hide with binoculars when I arrived; the garganeys were already showing well on the water, albeit with reeds between them and the hide which meant a clear view was well nigh impossible. The 'white eyebrow' of the drake, made it easy to pick it out through binoculars though.
As we waited, the garganeys gradually worked their way towards the left, and to our delight came closer and closer to the area in front of the hide. Here they were only within ten metres or so but still hard to photograph with any degree of satisfaction due to the reeds. However, it was a real treat to see them at such close quarters and when they eventually turned and swam away from us, I felt very privileged to have had the opportunity to have watched them, seeing as they are normally such a rare and rather secretive duck.
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