Arundel ducklings

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, chick

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Yesterday afternoon blue sky lured me to Arundel. The mill pond by Swanbourne Lake had the pair of Mandarin Ducks still in residence but the stars of the day were four families of Mallards that I found in Arundel WWT. They had 5,6,8 and 10 ducklings.

Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata on the Mill Pond

Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, female

Greylag Goose, Anser anser

Bewick's Swan, Cygnus columbianus

Lapwing (Peewit), Vanellus vanellus

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos

Now that many of the ducks are looking after their young, the drakes have formed gangs of up to nine individuals. 

Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus

Orinoco Geese, Neochen jubata

The Orinoco Geese are the new birds in town:

Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus