Mixenden Res Fowls Up

After another non descript saunter around Ogden Water I warmed up with a Buzzard & a Green Woodpecker at Hunter Hill bottom 😊. A solitary Barn Owl was seen in the distance.

I glumly climbed the fence at Mixenden Reservoir but knew within a couple of minutes something wasn’t quite right. There were 5 duck species that didn’t appear right for Dullard.

They were Wigeon! 4 males and a female 😋. As always they weren’t given to close up photography but I can live with that.

Numerous gulls were present; a few Herring and many Common. A Mistle Thrush sang in the woods.