Fudgie Duck

Cloudy, 12°, light N.

Alan out along the river today after a trip to Dorchester GP to see a Ferruginous Duck.

The river area was somewhat quiet, however Cetti’s Warbler. Reed Bunting, a single Siskin, 2 Stonechat, Little Grebe, a Raven overhead, Greenfinch, Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush singing, Song Thrush singing and Dunnock singing.

 

Ferruginous Duck (centre), Pochard (left) & Coot (right) courtesy Alan.

The breeding range of the Ferruginous duck is from Iberia and the Maghreb east to western Mongolia, south to Arabia, although in the west is now scarce and localised and locally extirpated in some countries. The duck winters throughout the Mediterranean and the Black sea, smaller number migrate into sub-Saharan Africa via the Nile Valley. Eastern birds winter in south and south-east Asia.