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TheScribbler
TheScribbler
Jan 2022
6:04pm, 3 Jan 2022
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TheScribbler
There was quite a bit of noise on that lake, so I don’t know that I would have picked out the widgeon. Thanks for that identification DT. I’m not good on waterfowl, so generally everything is a duck!

I was very happy to get a flying shot of the pintail as I haven’t managed to get anything in flight in focus.

It’s also very handy being low to the water so you can’t see the industrial beauty of Middlesbrough in the background.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jan 2022
6:23pm, 3 Jan 2022
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Derby Tup
The usual ones to look out for are teal (smallest common duck) which tend to stick to the margins, widgeon (yellow ‘mohican’ and whistling call; often found out of the water apparently grazing), shoveler (huge flat bill like a shovel), tufted duck (black and white diving duck). Like most birds it’s worth try to learn a few of the most likely to be seen species
paulcook
paulcook
Jan 2022
7:21pm, 3 Jan 2022
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paulcook
Blackbird singing tonight from his perch in a tree as if it were June 3 not January 3.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jan 2022
7:33pm, 3 Jan 2022
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Derby Tup
He knows
flanker
flanker
Jan 2022
8:06pm, 3 Jan 2022
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flanker
Geese starting to get territorial down the canal tonight. They know too.
J2R
J2R
Jan 2022
8:08pm, 3 Jan 2022
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J2R
Good guide there from DT. I came up with a handy little mnemonic for wigeon when I was learning, as I kept on confusing them with pochard - they're the duck with a wiggy on. I thought of what DT calls a mohican more as a toupe.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jan 2022
11:31am, 5 Jan 2022
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Derby Tup
Blackbird singing this morning ;-)
steve45
steve45
Jan 2022
1:55pm, 5 Jan 2022
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steve45
Chilly morning silenced the recent local songsters!
New bird table----. two hours later the first Coal It tried it out
KinkyS
KinkyS
Jan 2022
2:01pm, 5 Jan 2022
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KinkyS
16 goosander down on the canal yesterday - they know it's still winter!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jan 2022
2:08pm, 5 Jan 2022
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Derby Tup
:-)

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