13 December 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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4 Pochard, 5 Wigeon, Goldeneye, c.90 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebes

After yesterday's bright sunshine, this morning was completely overcast with very low cloud but still perfectly calm, and still cold at 0°C.  As sometimes occurs in such conditions, there had been an overnight arrival of ducks.  Four Pochard (3 males) were the highlight, with 5 Wigeon, a female Goldeneye and at least 90 Teal scattered on the open water. A couple of Great Crested Grebes were also new in, and 3 Coot were present (though these may have been around a few days).

Conditions weren't at all good for photography, so I just managed a couple of record shots.

Pochard, 1/125 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 2000 (view full size image)

Wigeon- Teal And Cormorant, 1/125 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 3200 (view full size image)