25 September 2024 - Hollingworth Lake

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20 Gadwall

Just recently there have been decent numbers (for Hollingworth Lake) of Gadwall on the reserve.  Not every day, but quite regularly.  This morning I counted 20, which is certainly the most I've ever had at once, and Simon suggested this might even be a record count for Rochdale.

I couldn't get them all in the frame at once, and they were quite mobile, but here's a group of 13 of them.

Gadwall, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)