American Wigeon and other ducks at Frampton Marsh

 a belated post from a visit last week to the deep south for this American Wigeon that proved tricky to locate and then nowhere near close unlike its Eurasian congeners but a nice bright drake 

more Pintail action

such a stunning duck 

Local Pintail

 All of the local sites where Pintail occur have failed to provide me with any decent images and in spite of a winter with over 140 birds at Alkborough my images remained poor at best so yesterday it was nice to finally come across a trio of birds that accepted my presence and to get some better images. Had to shoot over a strip of reeds so no chance of getting low but certainly an improvement on my old shots. One of our best ducks. 

Pintail speculum

 

patch Pintail

 Pintail seldom linger on the local pits so this drake has been much appreciated - surely one of the finest of ducks