Goosanders

This flock of 29 Goosander was present at Cuckoo`s Hollow in Werrington today, quite a feat considering the size of the body of water. This species breeds in Britain, mostly in Scotland, northern England and Wales with 2,600 pairs being present. In winter this number increases to around 8,900 birds,some of which migrate from north-east Europe and Russia. Outside the breeding season you often find Goosanders in small groups mostly on freshwater lakes, old gravel workings and reservoirs, but this area in Werrington is very small, but they were certainly feeding well and seemed quite content.

Two females standing on a frozen part of the pond, something you don`t often see.

Female preening

Two males and a female


A pair

Another pair


A hand held shot of part of the flock just to show the size of pond ( I was standing on one bank, you can see the other)

All other photo`s were digiscoped using Lumix FS15 and Kowa TSN-883 x30