We were feeding the ducks at Greenside Bridge last week and saw a number of ducklings that were starting to grow up.
They were very agile. They were quite happy to dive down under the water three or four feet to collect seeds which had fallen to the bottom, as this short clip shows:
I’ve often seen adult mallards ‘dabbling’ (as the expression goes) for food on the bottom of the river. But this is the first time I’ve seen how ducklings accomplish the same feat.
Following my previous blog about the wildlife I saw on our trip to the Czech Republic, I have two other species to record. These were both seen on our last full day in the Czech Republic, after I’d written the earlier blog.
The first is a wall brown (Lasiommata megera) butterfly.
And the other is a fairly old and battered red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly.
Both of these are the first records I’ve made of these species, meaning they are two life ticks for me.
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