I paid a return visit to Stockers Lake near Rickmansworth today with the benefit of a pair of wellingtons. It was an interesting visit, the lake had all the usual waterfowl with coot, tufted duck, mallard, gadwall, mute swans and herons. I didn't see any shoveller this time but the wigeon were a treat as I hadn't expected them on a lake without adjacent grazing and a real surprise were the red crested pochard which I had not seen in the wild before. At one point a row of stakes in the water, each one topped by a gull gave me the opportunity to include leg colour in identification but they were all black headed.
From talking to other birders I seem to have missed some goldeneye and an escaped black swan.
In the adjacent scrub there were the usual woodland birds with a small flock of redwing and a probably female reed bunting.
From talking to other birders I seem to have missed some goldeneye and an escaped black swan.
In the adjacent scrub there were the usual woodland birds with a small flock of redwing and a probably female reed bunting.
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