Green-winged Teal (right, front)The above Green-winged Teal was probably the highlight of our day in the Peterborough area, today. It was first found at Woodwalton Fen NNR a couple of weeks ago but has only been visible intermittently, as the Teal flock it's hanging out with like to hide in the reeds. So that was quite lucky.
Male [Common] Teal
Chinese Water DeerChinese Water Deer are very odd-looking beasts. There's something rather teddy bear-ish about their faces. They seem to be quite tame - this one came wandering towards us.
The marks on its body are intriguing. Is it the result of fighting or just moulting? You can often see clumps of very coarse fur lying on the ground at Woodwalton - it almost looks like porcupine quills.
You can read more about them at the Deer-UK website.
We started the day at Aversley Wood - a few springy shots below.
Dog-violet
Blackthorn blossom
unidentified flowers!
new Hawthorn leavesdigiscoped photos taken with Nikon Coolpix 995 + Leica Apo Televid 77 with 20x eyepiece
