Half an hour at Hungerford

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Had to do a job in Hungerford, so stopped off at the river on the edge of the town.

First spot was a family of Coots, unfortunately the chicks were on the far side of the river and I only had the 150mm lens with me.

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Much less shy than the ones in France at Cernay, at least all apart from the one in the third photo, she couldn't get away quickly enough.

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Another day in the life of an attractive duck.

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Just a matter of negotiating the reeds.

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The Rainbow Trout here are enormous.

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Just got a brief glimpse

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Not sure which type this is, but could be domestic.

[Chocky]

Great set of captures. Especially the Vole.
Well done

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Thanks Chocky, the funny thing is, they were all taken within 30 yards of the bridge and road, so it just shows that you don't have to go far to look at wildlife.

[Chocky]

No. You don't really. I take a five minute walk to the local park just around the corner (really) and there is a brook to the left ,runs right through also a pond with a relief to the brook (herons favorite spot) and at the end of the park ids a small wooded area with nearly every bird you can imagine.
I just like a change of scenery.

[Chocky]

That odd duck looks like a hibrid mallard. You can always tell a mallard by it;'s curls under it's tail. There are quite a few aasorte hibrids at Dawlish Devon

Most ducks are from the mallard,(he gets around) The muscovy and the Tufted are a two other seperate species from the mallard