Over the last few days theres been quite a lot of snow in the forest but today its blue sky and sun so I'm spending an hour round Cannop Ponds to try and get images of the Little Grebe which are in residence
Its quite, the carpark has been closed by the forestry commission as its full of snow, the ponds are also frozen apart from the top end where all the wild fowl have congregated, mandarin, tufted and mallard in the main, little grebe constantly calling with that high pitched trill squabbling for territory, the sun is a little harsh for photography but still I'm happy to be out in this wonderful part of the country.
Sitting on one of the fishing platforms with the sun behind I'm quite near to the only area of water thats not frozen, an elderly couple throw bread for the wildfowl and the shy tufted ducks come close, in the sunlight the male's head with that beacon like yellow eye show iridescent green and purple colours not usually seen from this black and white duck.
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Tufted Duck (male)
Tufted Duck (female)
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