Common name: Gadwall.
Scientific name: Mareca strepera.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Date: 9 October 2023.
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Common name: Gadwall.
Scientific name: Mareca strepera.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Date: 9 October 2023.
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Common name: Gadwall.
Scientific name: Mareca strepera.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 18 April 2024.
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Common name: Mute Swan.
Scientific name: Cygnus olor.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Date: 9 October 2023.
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Common name: Greylag Goose
Scientific name: Anser anser
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans)
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve
Date: 10 October 2023
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Common name: Shelduck
Scientific name: Tadorna tadorna
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans)
Location: Cley Marshes
Date: 26 July 2023
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Common name: Mallard. 🦆
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Strumpshaw Fen.
Date: 7 August 2023.
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Common name: Mute Swan 🦢
Scientific name: Cygnus olor
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans)
Location: Cley Marshes
Date: 26 July 2023
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Common name: Shoveler.
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 24 April 2024.
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Common name: Shoveler
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans)
Location: Cley Marshes
Date: 24 July 2023
Common name: Teal.
Scientific name: Anas crecca.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 18 April 2024.
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Common name: Shoveler.
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 18 April 2024.
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Common name: Greylag Goose.
Scientific name: Anser anser.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks. geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 18 April 2024.
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Common name: Lapwing
Scientific name: Vanellus vanellus
Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve
Date: 10 October 2023
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Common name: Mute Swan. 🦢
Scientific name: Cygnus olor.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Strumpshaw Fen.
Date: 7 August 2023.
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Common name: Mallard.
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Melton Town Park (Priors Close), Melton Mowbray.
Date: 1 September 2023.
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Common name: Mallard.
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Melton Town Park (Priors Close), Melton Mowbray.
Date: 1 September 2023.
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Common name: Mallard.
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Melton Town Park (Priors Close), Melton Mowbray.
Date: 1 September 2023.
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Common name: Mallard.
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Carp Lake, Shallowbrook Lakes, Costessey.
Date: 13 Apr 2024.
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Common name: Harlequin Ladybird.
Scientific name: Harmonia axyridis.
Family: Coccinellidae (Ladybirds).
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Date: 9 October 2023.
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Common name: Feral Goose.
Scientific name: Anser anser domesticus.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: River Derwent, Derby
Date: 12 January 2024.
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Common name: Shoveler.
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Strumpshaw Fen.
Date: 7 August 2023.
Just taking a bath! 🛁
Common name: Great Crested Grebe
Scientific name: Podiceps cristatus
Family: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve
Date: 26 July 2023
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Common name: Goosander.
Scientific name: Mergus merganser.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: River Derwent, Derby
Date: 12 January 2024.
First time seeing and photographing this species!
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Common name: Shelduck.
Scientific name: Tadorna tadorna.
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans).
Location: Cley Marshes.
Date: 18 April 2023.
This is a big, colourful duck, bigger than a Mallard but smaller than a goose.
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