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Shovellers mating, West Park

Shovellers mating, West Park

A pair of shovellers on West Park lake, mating. Presumably they are nesting there too.

Every year, there are several sets of coot chicks, with moorhen chicks in smaller numbers. Almost every year some cygnets, quite often two families. Likewise for goslings: sometimes Canadas, sometimes greylags, sometimes both.

Mallard ducklings as well, though not very often. But I don’t recall ever seeing any other type of duckling,