Garganey - (Anas querquedula) UB2A3137
Male.
The tiny breeding population in Britain, a minute fraction of the estimated 1 million pairs in Europe, is found principally in central and eastern England. Garganeys breed in shallow waters with extensive emergent vegetation, their ideal sites being in open marshland dissected by a network of lushly vegetated ditches and open freshwater pools. They nest in dense patches of aquatic plants such as reed mace Typha or common reed Phragmites australis, and occasionally in damp areas up to 50 m away from the water. Their main food during the breeding season is animal matter: snails, chironomid and other insect larvae, worms, leeches, crustaceans, frog spawn and tadpoles.
www.cheshireandwirralbirdatlas.org/species/garganey-breed...
The garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India, and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. (Wikipedia)
Garganey - (Anas querquedula) UB2A3137
Male.
The tiny breeding population in Britain, a minute fraction of the estimated 1 million pairs in Europe, is found principally in central and eastern England. Garganeys breed in shallow waters with extensive emergent vegetation, their ideal sites being in open marshland dissected by a network of lushly vegetated ditches and open freshwater pools. They nest in dense patches of aquatic plants such as reed mace Typha or common reed Phragmites australis, and occasionally in damp areas up to 50 m away from the water. Their main food during the breeding season is animal matter: snails, chironomid and other insect larvae, worms, leeches, crustaceans, frog spawn and tadpoles.
www.cheshireandwirralbirdatlas.org/species/garganey-breed...
The garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India, and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. (Wikipedia)