Again, I did not see ‘one eye’ I just hope he is away somewhere chasing the ladies as Drakes do at this time of year. I did see 4 Dabchicks, 2 Coots, ‘stiff legs’ and our lone duckling (I will have to think of another name for him as he is not a duckling...
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I am a little bit worried about ‘one eye’ in that after 4 passes along the banks (2 round trips) I didn’t see ‘one eye’ at all, which is unusual ? I hope he was just hiding somewhere but as he cannot see very well out of one eye he is susceptible to an...
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From Egg to Flight – well almost, I didn’t see our lone duckling in his ‘egg’ state but I do believe I saw him on the first day after he hatched, well today I saw him FLY He only got a couple of feet up in the air but he FLEW and he can...
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I saw most of what Graham had put in his comment yesterday, there were 3 Swans near the Hub and I suspect, as Graham does, they are the same 3 that came and went earlier in the year, also 2 Coots downstream of the LC bridge. I also saw (and fed) ‘One eye’ and...
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I have not been down the Slea lately as I have been photographing Wildfowl all week at Slimbridge So just to start up again here is a Mallard coming into land… Terry
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Its all quiet at the moment on the Slea but it seems the 2 Coots have flown as I have not seen them for a while. Here is a Robin getting some seed from a post next to Lollycocks Field… Terry
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Not much happening today but sadly I did see a dead Moorhen by the Leisure Centre Enid says she likes Starlings and so do I, so here is one of my favourite Starling pictures, sorry but it was not taken on the Slea but in my garden. The light was very bad and I...
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Our Lone Duckling seems to have lost the pinky spot on his beak, this means that I will probably not be able to recognise him soon. I said ‘him’ because he has started to get the green sheen to his head like the males have. I saw ‘one eye’ and ‘stiff legs’, there were...
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