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Tuesday 3 March 2020

West Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands,

Ferruginous Duck, smart bird but from where????

Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca).
Julia dropped me off near to West Park and I walked in looked on the first pool I came to and I soon found the very smart looking male Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca) which had been around for a few days. It was fully winged and in good condition and generally none too tame, although it could be at times according to other reports.
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca).
Other species seen included Canada (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis) and Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula), Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Herring (Gaviota Argéntea Europea / Larus argentatus) and Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus). 
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca).
Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca).
Around the woods Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).