Teal ( Ana crecca )

Clickychick suggested an impromptu visit to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve.   Anything to do with birds and I am up for it, so off we went.  The weather was perfect, we even had time to visit parts of the reserve before lunch.

I visited every hide (all 7 of them ) Clickychick had had enough and missed out the Eric Morecambe hide.  Our timing was perfect, all the birds in Spring breeding plumage, birds singing, Bittern booming and even a Water Rail calling.

The blip is a pair of Teal outside the Lower Hide.  Teal were everywhere so I took the chance of many shots.

The species list for the day:

Robin
Marsh tit
Wigeon
Pintail
Mallard
Coot
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Carrion Crow
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Blackbird
Long Tailed Tit
Mute swan
Blackcap
Cormorant
Black-Backed Gull
Black Headed Gull
Peewit ( Lapwing )
Teal
Oystercatcher
Shoveler
Wren
Pheasant
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Goldeneye
Avocet
Bar-Tailed Godwit
Redshank
House Sparrow
Magpie
Great Crested Grebe, 
We heard but didn't see: bitterns and water rail.