Tuesday 31 December 2013

Kingfisher and Tufted Ducks

Saturday was a fine day so Arundel beckoned. A Kingfisher performed around the boat house area and I joined a few photographers and enjoyed its antics.
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis














Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos
Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos and Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna

Teal, Anas crecca
Teal, Anas crecca
Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
female and male






female Tufted Duck

Friday 27 December 2013

Australian Shelduck and a busy Kingfisher

Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides
On Boxing Day I enjoyed the last of the good weather at Arundel WWT. An Australian Shelduck was visible for a short time on the island to the left of the Sand Martin hide. Water levels were very high and part of the reserve was closed, and likely to remain so for some time as more heavy rain falls. A Kingfisher was busy fishing around the boating area of the reserve. On Sunday I visited briefly and believe I saw a mink run across the path near the Sand Martin hide, which I reported to staff.
Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides
Canada Geese, Branta canadensis
Canada Geese and Shelduck
Canada Geese, Branta canadensis
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Common Pochard, Aythya Ferina and Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
Common Pochards, Aythya Ferina and Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Gadwall, Anas strepera
juvenile gull
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
flying off after a dive
Kingfisher drying off
Kingfisher exiting from a dive



flying from perch to perch
Kingfisher
Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos



flooded fields by Mill Road, Arundel

moat by Mill Road

Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
Mute Swan, Cygnus olor



Sand Martin hide


Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna


Swanbourne Lake
by pumping station
Teal, Anas crecca
Teal, Anas crecca
Teal, Anas crecca
Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula