Monday, 3 November 2014

Wigeon

Martin Mere held plenty of Wigeon last week. A colourful medium sized duck. The numbers increase here in the winter as the birds move south from the colder areas of Scandinavia, Russia and Iceland.
They make a comical squeaking noise which puts a smile on my face while I'm sat in a hide.




A little bit windswept, or slept on it funny. Not sure which.

Must have heard me and wasn't happy. Oops


21 comments:

  1. The water ones are so pretty. And the open mouth one is funny.

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  2. Great shots of the wigeon. Such beautiful colors.

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  3. I'm always so impressed with your bird photography - you do a wonderful job.
    Thank you for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2014/11/oakdale-cemetery-wilmington-nc.html

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  4. Amazing photos! I always love action shots! Thanks for sharing they are quite majestic =)

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  5. Awesome shots of the wigeons in flight and in the water!

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  6. wow! your wigeons are colored beautifully!

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  7. Really beautiful photos! Love these interesting birds.

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  8. You know Adam I must really make the effort to go to Martin Mere again if i can get shots of Wigeon like that. Tremendous ones which show their tail shape - very hard to see that on the distant flight views I get on Pilling Marsh.

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  9. Your Wigeon is beautiful. Lovely series of photos..

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  10. They are really handsome little ducks. From Findlay

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  11. A very pretty small duck. Great series of photos but I especially like the colors in the last photo.

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  12. Beautiful. I especially love the little duck having a bad hair day! :)

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  13. Beautiful series of the Wigeon

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  14. A very handsome duck. I love the flight shots.

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  15. Stunning photos and a funny bird.

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  16. Oh wow...great photos and love the ones in flight. I do love waterfowl living on a pond.. Thank you for linking in Adam.. if you ever want to visit my personal blog, it is now at.. myramblingwoods.com .. Michelle

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  17. A wonderful series of shots Adam!
    The windswept hair one made me smile too. We all have bad hair days. :)

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  18. I rather like widgeon - they seem like the cheeky members of the duck family!

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  19. nicely Adam Love the windswept image.....

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  20. oen of my favourite ducks. But I never manage to get this close. Gorgeous shots. And I like the hairdo. :)

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