Duck Influx

Common Teal on 100 acre beds- 300+ on site 

Shoveler over the Northern Lake- 100+ around 

Wigeon (flapping bird), Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Coot, Teal and Grey Heron

Male Mute Swan (a cob) showing off to a female (a pen) 

Pan-species ticks for the day- Tar Spot Rhytisma acerinum

and Spindle 

More ducks have arrived at the farmlands with 100+ Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 20+ Mallard, 30+ Gadwall and 60+ Tufted Duck today. Also 14 Mute Swans with some of the males displaying. 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe and 80+ Linnet.
Recently added Yellow-lined Quaker, Spindle and Tar-spot (a fungus) to my Beddington pan-species list which now stands at 870.