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Thatcham reed beds

Hybrid Duck - resting.

With Andrew, at Thatcham reed beds and BBOWT Nature Discovery Centre.

The birds are used to people so some close-ups of birds more usually seen at the far end of a lake.

 

A few hybrids and non-native birds that won’t go any any tick-list, e.g. a pair of Muscovy Ducks, with a face like a toby jug

 

Muscovy duck’s back

 

Even without sunlight, this mallard’s neck looked good.

 

Lots of black-headed gulls

 

Tufted duck

 

Pochard

 

Teal (a pair)

 

Canada geese

 

Egyptian geese

 

 

Bit of courtship on the fence (collared dove)

 

No outing is complete without some blossom and fungus.

 

Fomitopsis pinicola, is a stem decay fungus common on softwood and hardwood trees. Its conk (fruit body) is known as the red-belted conk

 

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

 

More in the gallery: robin, dunnock, cormorant, swan, moorhen, grebe, raven, heron and a munkjac.

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