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| Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea |
Sunday 29 March
Following and excellent day yesterday in Winchester attending the AGM of the Hampshire Ornithological Society (HOS) with a range of excellent speakers including the ever optimistic and very well respected Roy Dennis, time to see if the Ruddy Shelduck being reported just outside Titchfield was still present. Eventually found Ranvilles Lane and made a trip down and back without any success, other than the resident Woodpigeons, Carrion Crows and Magpies. Ah well, Back home and perhaps stop at the canal as I pass by, given any room in the car park.
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| Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea |
Not 100 yards back on the road and looked to my left and saw the Ruddy Shelduck in the field just beyond a farm gate. No traffic on the man road so a quick turn and parked in the very wide entrance to the gate. There was the bird, along with the Egyptian Goose family of parents and nine well-grown goslings, not 50 metres away.
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| Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca Adult (left) with 2 goslings |
Time for photos before heading home to do the processing with a smile on my face for the very profitable ten minutes. But I must make some sort of adjustment to the camera settings as all look very light and needed an extreme adjustment to both clarity and dark to get a reasonable presentation when shooting "Manual."
Birds seen:
Egyptian Goose, Ruddy shelduck, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow.
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| Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca |
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| Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea |
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