It was nice and quiet as I approached Ladies Pool this morning, and cutting through the air was the unmistakable call of Wigeon. I had a seem some there a few weeks ago, but they were at the far end, and in eclipse. Today there were 2 very smart males and a female. The one male was initially reasonably close so I took a quick bit of video of one calling, and the other can be heard replying. The rest of the circuit was fairly quiet but I needed the walk, and I found out a few interesting things chatting to a couple of fellow locals, hopefully stuff I can see for myself and utilise on the blog at some future point !
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Wigeon on the Doorstep
It was nice and quiet as I approached Ladies Pool this morning, and cutting through the air was the unmistakable call of Wigeon. I had a seem some there a few weeks ago, but they were at the far end, and in eclipse. Today there were 2 very smart males and a female. The one male was initially reasonably close so I took a quick bit of video of one calling, and the other can be heard replying. The rest of the circuit was fairly quiet but I needed the walk, and I found out a few interesting things chatting to a couple of fellow locals, hopefully stuff I can see for myself and utilise on the blog at some future point !
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Cracking drake Wigeon...a good patch bird! I have only ever had 2 records of wigeon at Captains Pool and both have been females
ReplyDeleteCheers, all the more pleasing as they don't hang around, they were gone when I passed back an hour or so later, same with the last lot, things tend to drop in and out
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