Not eclipse plumage then obviously. Today we were lucky enough to witness a partial exclipse of the sun here in Newport Pagnell where the sun forever shines. Here is a photo Elis took of the event.
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| Solar eclipse 20/03/2015 from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. Looking like a big happy smile! |
As if this wasn't exciting enough upon deciding to check out the lake as there seemed to be a fair amount of duck activity, I espied our first Goldeneyes, a pair. This brings our Cottage total up to just one short of the magic 80. (Not sure why it is magic actually but it is a sort of landmark).
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| Common Goldeneye pair. Snittisham, Norfolk, England30/03/2013 |
This month has seen a surge in new birds for the Cottage year list with five added. Including the two new birds, Green sandpiper and Common Goldeneye we have added Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Shoveler and Eurasian Skylark bringing our year list to 56.
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher. Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England. 25/06/2012 |
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| Northern Shoveler. Slimbridge, Goucestershire, England. 03/10/2012 |
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Eurasian Skylark in song flight. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. 26/05/2012
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Here are a couple of the duck species that were on the lake today.
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| Tufted Duck. Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England. 04/02/2013 |
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| Common Pochard. Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England. 04/02/2013 |
Happy days!
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