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| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 22.11.24 |
| Whooper Swans ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 24.11.23 |
| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 25.11.22 |
| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 3.12.21 |
| Whooper Swan * | Cote, Oxon | 14.2.20 |
| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 30.11.19 |
| Whooper Swan * | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 15.10.16 |
| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 27.2.16 |
| Whooper Swan ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 22.10.08 |
| Whooper Swan | Kelmscott, Oxon | 24.1.04 |
| Bewick's Swan ** | Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 10.1.20 |
| Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 13.02.10 | |
| Bewick's Swan | Kelmscott, Oxon | 20.2.05 |
| Mute Swan ** | West Oxon | 2.9.23 |
| Mute Swans ** | Barton Field, Abingdon, Oxon | 8.6.23 |
| Buscot, Oxon | 15.3.08 | |
| Mute Swan * | Farmoor, Oxon | 21.4.07 |
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| Bean Geese | Standlake | 7.1.17 |
| Aston, Oxon | 24.01.10 | |
| Pink-footed Goose ** | Lady Anne Drive, Holkham, Norfolk | |
| Pink-footed Goose | North Norfolk | 11.10.18 |
| Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire | 24.09.09 | |
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Brent Goose ** |
Farlington Marshes, Hamphsire | 21.02.09 |
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Brent Goose ** |
Farlington Marshes, Hamphsire | 10.02.08 |
| Barnacle Goose * | Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries & Galloway | 2.1.14 |
| White fronted Geese * | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 15.10.16 |
| White fronted Geese | Day's Lock, Oxon | 5.3.05 |
| Canada Geese * | Baulking, Oxon | 31.3.07 |
| Greylag Goose * | Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries & Galloway | 2.1.14 |
| Greylag Goose ** | Cley, Norfolk | 23.10.08 |
| Egyptian Goose ** | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 12.8.17 |
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| Shelduck ** | Oxon | 23.4.21 |
| Shelduck ** | Oxon | 20.4.21 |
| Shelduck ** | Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk | 26.3.12 |
| Ruddy Shelduck ** | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 26.8.17 |
| Mandarin ** | Cannop Ponds, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire | 25.3.15 |
| Pintail ** | West Oxon | 25.1.25 |
| Pintail ** | West Oxon | 1.2.24 |
| Pintail ** | Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 23.1.16 |
| Pintail ** | Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 1.2.15 |
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Pintail ** |
Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 13.02.10 |
| Pintail * | Farmoor, Oxon | 01.12.07 |
| Mallard ** | Rothiemurchus Fisheries, Highland, Scotland | 29.6.24 |
| Mallard ** | Lodmoor, Dorset | 6.3.24 |
| Mallard ** | Lodmoor, Dorset | 3.4.22 |
| Mallard family * | Home, Oxon | 19.7.10 |
| Mallard ** | Farmoor, Oxon | 16.12.06 |
| Scaup ** | Farmoor, Oxon | 12.11.20 |
| Scaup ** | Farmoor, Oxon | 7.11.19 |
| Scaup * | Farmoor, Oxon | 10.11.12 |
| Red-crested Pochard * | Oxon | 20.4.21 |
| Red-crested Pochard * | Pinkhill, Farmoor, Oxon | 28.4.18 |
| Pochard ** | Welney WWT, Norfolk | 25.11.22 |
| Tufted Duck ** | Otmoor, Oxon | 18.6.16 |
| Tufted Duck * | Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 23.1.16 |
| Tufted Duck * | Farmoor, Oxon | 20.9.08 |
| Gadwall ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 10.12.16 |
| Gadwall ** | Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk | 27.3.12 |
| Gadwall * | Otmoor, Oxon | 02.01.09 |
| Falcated Duck | Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon | 21.12.13 |
| Garganey | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 16.4.24 |
| Garganey ** | West Oxon | 25.4.23 |
| Garganey | Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon | 31.1.20 |
| Garganey et al * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 27.4.19 |
| Garganey * | Stratfield Brake, Oxon | 4.4.15 |
| Garganey ** | Farmoor, Oxon | 26.3.11 |
| Garganey | Farmoor, Oxon | 2.4.05 |
| Green-winged Teal | Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries & Galloway | 2.1.14 |
| Teal ** | West Oxon | 11.3.23 |
| Teal ** | Lodmoor RSPB, Weymouth, Dorset | 16.10.20 |
| Teal * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 3.10.19 |
| Teal * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 3.3.18 |
| Teal ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 7.1.17 |
| Teal * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 1.10.16 |
| Teal * | Lodmoor RSPB, Weymouth, Dorset | 21.10.15 |
| Teal * | Shellingford Pit, Oxon | 17.1.15 |
| Teal ** | Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk | 26.3.12 |
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Teal ** |
Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 13.02.10 |
| Teal * | Shellingford Pit, Oxon | 12.12.09 |
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Teal * |
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire | 21.1.07 |
| Teal | Pinkhill, Oxon | 13.11.04 |
| BAIKAL TEAL | Druridge Pools, Northumberland | 24.6.19 |
| American Wigeon ** | Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland | 16.5.23 |
| Wigeon ** | West Oxon | 13.11.24 |
| Wigeon ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 24.12.20 |
| Wigeon * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 3.3.18 |
| Wigeon ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 3.2.18 |
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Wigeon ** |
Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire | 13.02.10 |
| Wigeon * | Shellingford Pit, Oxon | 06.12.09 |
| Wigeon * | Port Meadow, Oxon | 11.10.08 |
| Shoveler ** | West Oxon | 9.4.25 |
| Shoveler ** | West Oxon | 7.11.24 |
| Shoveler ** | West Oxon | 15.5.24 |
| Shoveler * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 29.3.19 |
| Shovelers * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 30.3.18 |
| Shoveler ** | Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk | 27.3.12 |
| Shoveler * | Titchwell, Norfolk | 26.11.11 |
| Ring-necked Duck * | Standlake Pit 60 | 4.4.15 |
| Ring necked Duck * | Oxlease Lake | 18.12.04 |
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Lesser Scaup (male) |
Cotswold Water Park, Wilts | 17.2.07 |
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Lesser Scaup (female)* |
Farnborough, Warks | 6.3.05 |
| Ruddy Duck* | Radipole Lake, Dorset | 20.4.08 |
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King Eider (!) ** |
Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 6.6.10 |
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King Eider (!) |
Irvine, Scotland | 25.4.06 |
| Eider ** | Aros, Isle of Mull, Scotland | 19.5.23 |
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Eider * |
Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 6.6.10 |
| Eider (in flight) * | Collieston, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | 15.2.05 | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 31.01.15 |
| Long-tailed Duck | Baulking, Oxon |
15.12.12 |
| Long-tailed Duck | Dorchester Gravel Pits, Oxon | 6.12.08 |
| Goldeneye ** | West Oxon | 1.2.24 |
| Goldeneye * | West Oxon | 15.2.23 |
| Goldeneye ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 5.1.22 |
| Goldeneye * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 11.1.20 |
| Goldeneye * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 12.12.19 |
| Goldeneye ** | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 8.11.19 |
| Goldeneye * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 19.1.19 |
| Goldeneye * | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 10.1.09 |
| Hooded Merganser ** | Radipole, Weymouth, Dorset | 20.10.15 |
| Red Breasted Merganser ** | Lochindorb, Scotland | 5.6.10 |
| Hayling Island, Hants | 3.1.05 | |
| Smew | Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon | 31.1.19 |
| Smew | Dix Pit, Oxon |
5.1.13 |
| Smew | Dorchester GP, Oxon | 16.1.10 |
| Smew | Radley GP, Oxon | 8.1.05 |
| Smew | Cotswold Water Park, Gloucs | 4.3.06 |
| Goosander * | West Oxon | 20.4.22 |
| Goosander ** | Port Meadow, Oxford | 17.3.22 |
| Goosander * | Standlake Pit 60, Oxon | 19.1.19 |
| Goosander ** | University Parks, Oxford | 11.3.17 |
| River Thames, Farmoor, Oxon | 11.2.12 | |
| River Cherwell, Oxford, Oxon | 6.2.10 | |
| Tadpole Bride, Oxon | 9.1.10 | |
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| The quality of the pics listed above clearly varies, and you will see that it has generally improved with time! As a rough guide, the starred pictures are better than average, as follows: | ||
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'reasonable' pic - either some of my best
digiscope, or a reasonably good DSLR ** - 'best' pics - two stars indicates what I think are my current best pictures (nearly all DSLR) |
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