Wednesday 22 June 2011

Mandarins

Female mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, with ducklings, on Keston upper pond.  Keston Common grassland walk, led by Judy John.  15 June 2011.
Female mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, with ducklings, on Keston upper pond.  15 June 2011.
Thanks to Nick Hopkins of BCS for identifying these birds.

1 comment:

  1. What lovely nympheas and glassy water for the mandarins where homo sapiens had jumped the gun to go fishing. I'd like to think that the fishers caught nothing and maybe regained serenity beholding it.

    ReplyDelete