Goldeneye 04

 Goldeneye 08 female

Goldeneye    Bucephala clangula

...in golden Midwinter sunset 2008

 Scaup 01b (male)

 Scaup 01b (female)

Scaup    Aythya marila

 Pintail 08

Pintail    Anas acuta

 Shelduck 10

Shelduck    Tadorna tadorna

 Goosander 01 (slight crop)

Goosander    Mergus merganser

Up to 20 goosanders could be found at one small lake in the Forest of Dean in January 2009. 

 Eider Duck 17

Eider    Somateria mollissima

 Tufted Duck 02

Tufted duck    Aythya fuligula

 Mallard 17b

 Mallards mating 01

Mallard    Anas platyrhychos

 Teal Male 01                                                       Wigeon 05

Teal Anas crecca                                  Wigeon Anas penelope

 Pochard 03

Pochard    Aythya ferina

Mandarin 11

Mandarin    Aix galericulata

The Forest of Dean is well known for its wild population of breeding mandarins.

 Pochard 03

Wood duck    Aix sponsa

The North American equivalent of the Mandarin, and again an escape from wildfowl collections.

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