A few recently taken snapshots of some usual and unusual waterfowl spotted on the JCB Lake at Rocester.
Great Crested Grebe
Goldeneye
Barnacle Goose
Egyptian Goose
Hooded Merganser - male
Hooded Merganser- female
Emperor Geese
Wood Duck
Mallards take a family stroll
We walked around the lake and then sat and ate sandwiches for lunch before heading home. We had to sit in the car overlooking the lake as it was very windy.
All for now.
What a great selection of waterbirds, wonderful to see all the different feather variations. 😊
ReplyDeleteI do like visiting the lake to see the more unusual birds:)
DeleteThe Goldeneye was certainly well named. That eye is so bright! Loved the little family too. Wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteThe little family were great to see walking from the bridge and down into the lake, there were eight little ducklings all together:)
DeleteWhat a bevy of beauties. I'd not realised that there were so many different ducks, though I suppose we see our mainly Aussie water fowl, with a few overseas ring-ins. I enjoyed seeing these & learning a few new names. Do they make those big diggers in that JCB building? Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteSome of the ducks and geese aren't native but migrate here there is always something new to see. Yes, they make those big yellow diggers there and and two other factories close by:)
DeleteBeautiful birds!
ReplyDeleteThey are:)
DeleteWhat an amazing array of birds. Always love the different geese. B x
ReplyDeleteI like geese too, it's the shape of them and the noise when they fly over. Greylag are my favourites:)
DeleteA lovely selection of birds Rosie - it looks a good walk. Love the display of daffodils in the last photo. I look forward to next post on farm shop and carnival :)
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how many different birds there were, it is a lovely walk. The staff have a lovely area to have lunchtime walks and it's open for everyone to enjoy. The farm shop is gorgeous but very expensive:)
DeleteI love all the photos but especially the Egyptian goose-just look at those pink stocking legs! The female hooded Merganser looks fantastic with her feathered hat too. Thank you Rosie for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI loved those little Mergansers and even though the female wasn't as colourful as the male she definitely had the best head of feathers:)
DeleteSuch a wonderful range of waterfowl and some I've never seen or heard of before! I don't think I could pick a favourite as they all have attributes that I like! x
ReplyDeleteSome of the waterfowl I'd never seen before like the wood duck and the emperor goose. I love the hooded mergansers especially the female and her feathery head:)
DeleteEnjoyed seeing your water bird photos , that's quite a selection! I've been a bit rubbish at following and commenting on non wordpress blogs recently. I used to follow you and others on bloglovin , but my app came down with a virus, so I don't have it on my phone anymore. Anyway thought of you when I saw that Trentham gardens in Staffordshire have just got some beavers on their estate, in the lake there. They would also make for some fantastic photos. X
ReplyDeleteThank you shazza, good to see you again, I've been a bit tardy in commenting too. We've seen all the extra security, fences gates etc, brought in to contain the beavers and I've watched a little film on facebook of the family being placed on one of the islands, we've only been once since they were settled there but haven't seen them yet. It would be lovely to see them but I guess they come out when everyone goes home:)
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