Sunny clear and calm but freezing cold, down to -3.
Had a lunch stop at Bothal Pond today for a change. By then it had thawed out in the main areas and plenty of wildfowl were on show. There were 50 Canada Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, 120 Wigeon, 37 Teal, 10 Pochard, 9 Mallard, 5 Goldeneye, a dozen Tufties, 50 Coot, a Snipe and a Redshank.
All were scanned for Yanks ( Wigeon, Teal and Aythyas) but no joy. I remember a time when we used to get Ring necked Ducks quite regularly. Not so these days, I wonder why?
maybe they are here stew but how many of us check through the tufted ducks to find them they could easily be overlooked.
ReplyDeleteI presume they are still common in america I predict that they will turn up again this year but we have to scrutinize the common stuff.(thats a big word for me)
Go on Chris, fill yer boots!
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