October 2007
Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Wildfowl started arriving in decent numbers during October. By the middle of the month there were over 11000 Pink-footed Geese at Martin Mere.
Pink-footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pink-footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Most of the Whooper Swans, however, had not yet arrived and there were only a couple of hundred present.
Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus)
When newly arrived, the wildfowl is very wary of the noise in the hides and tend to stay quite distant and you are generally restricted to taking group photos of flying birds...
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus)
...except on the rare occasion when a bird will come flying straight towards you.
Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus)
Greylag Geese (Anser anser)
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Coot (Fulica atra)
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