A pair of wild #goldeneye on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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The #shelduck #family out on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
Mum, Dad and eight cute #ducklings 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥

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Lovely to see a #CommonSandpiper on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning 😎

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A pair of #NorthernShoveler #ducks on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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#Drake #Teal having a stretch on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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#MuteSwan coming in to land on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.

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A very handsome drake #pintail having a stretch on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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This image of a #LesserBlackBackedGull swallowing a #moorhen #chick earned a “Commended” award at the NIPA Inter-Regional Wildlife Competition this week ☺️

Taken on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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Another #birding highlight from 2023, if a bit gruesome.
A #LesserBlackBackedGull swallowing an unfortunate #moorhen chick.
On the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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A summer morning over the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie, #CountyDown.
A six-shot #Panorama, stitched and tone-mapped in #AffinityPhoto.

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