Birds page 2 – Somerset Wildlife Photography

Birds of Somerset - page 2

WILDFOWL - Swan, Goose, Duck

SWANS - Mute Swan - Bewicks Swan - Black-necked Swan

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Mute Swan – Cygnus olor / WING SPAN: 208-238cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout with large gatherings (often 100+) on wetland fields during winter time/ DIET: Water plants, insects and snails /

: NAME: Bewicks Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii / WING SPAN: 170-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Potatoes and grain. On their breeding grounds they eat aquatic plants and grass/

: NAME: Bewicks Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii / WING SPAN: 170-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Potatoes and grain. On their breeding grounds they eat aquatic plants and grass/

: NAME: Bewicks Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii / WING SPAN: 170-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Potatoes and grain. On their breeding grounds they eat aquatic plants and grass/

: NAME: Bewicks Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii / WING SPAN: 170-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Potatoes and grain. On their breeding grounds they eat aquatic plants and grass/

: NAME: Bewicks Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii / WING SPAN: 170-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Potatoes and grain. On their breeding grounds they eat aquatic plants and grass/

: NAME: Black-necked Swan – Cygnus melancoryphus / WING SPAN: / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE – Photographed at Slimbridge / DIET: /

: NAME: Black-necked Swan – Cygnus melancoryphus / WING SPAN: / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE – Photographed at Slimbridge / DIET: /

: NAME: Black-necked Swan – Cygnus melancoryphus / WING SPAN: / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE – Photographed at Slimbridge / DIET: /

GOOSE - Barnacle - Bar-headed - Brent - Canada - Egyptian - Greylag - Red-Breasted

: NAME: Baranacle Goose – Branta leucopsis / WING SPAN: 132-145cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Baranacle Goose – Branta leucopsis / WING SPAN: 132-145cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Baranacle Goose – Branta leucopsis / WING SPAN: 132-145cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Baranacle Goose – Branta leucopsis / WING SPAN: 132-145cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon – occasional visitor/ DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Bar-headed Goose – Anser indicus / WING SPAN: cm / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE but escapees from collections are found occasionally / DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Bar-headed Goose – Anser indicus / WING SPAN: cm / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE but escapees from collections are found occasionally / DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Bar-headed Goose – Anser indicus / WING SPAN: cm / SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE but escapees from collections are found occasionally / DIET: Vegetation, the leaves and stems of grasses, roots and seeds /

: NAME: Brent Goose – Branta bernicla / WING SPAN: 110-120cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Scarce occasional winter passage – coastal / DIET: Vegetation, especially eel-grass /

: NAME: Brent Goose – Branta bernicla / WING SPAN: 110-120cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Scarce occasional winter passage – coastal / DIET: Vegetation, especially eel-grass /

: NAME: Brent Goose – Branta bernicla / WING SPAN: 110-120cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Scarce occasional winter passage – coastal / DIET: Vegetation, especially eel-grass /

: NAME: Brent Goose – Branta bernicla / WING SPAN: 110-120cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Scarce occasional winter passage – coastal / DIET: Vegetation, especially eel-grass /

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Canada Goose – Branta canadensis / WING SPAN: 150-180cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common in large numbers at any time / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds

: NAME: Cross breed / WING SPAN: cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: / DIET: Vegetation – roots, grass, leaves and seeds /

: NAME: Egyptan Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca / WING SPAN: 110-130cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Fairly common, resident at the big reservoirs / DIET: Vegetation – Grass and seeds /

: NAME: Egyptan Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca / WING SPAN: 110-130cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Fairly common, resident at the big reservoirs / DIET: Vegetation – Grass and seeds /

: NAME: Egyptan Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca / WING SPAN: 110-130cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Fairly common, resident at the big reservoirs / DIET: Vegetation – Grass and seeds /

: NAME: GREYLAG GOOSE – Anser answer / WING SPAN: 147-180cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon passage bird / DIET: Grass, roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain /

: NAME: GREYLAG GOOSE – Anser answer / WING SPAN: 147-180cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon passage bird / DIET: Grass, roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain /

: NAME: GREYLAG GOOSE – Anser answer / WING SPAN: 147-180cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon passage bird / DIET: Grass, roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain /

: NAME: GREYLAG GOOSE – Anser answer / WING SPAN: 147-180cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: Uncommon passage bird / DIET: Grass, roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain /

: NAME: Red Breasted Goose – Branta ruficollis / WING SPAN: 126cm/ SOMERSET STATUS: NONE NATIVE – Photographed at Slimbridge / DIET: Vegetation, mostly grass, some aquatic plants /

DUCKS - Goosander - Mallard - Pochard - Shelduck - Shoveler - Teal - Tufted Duck - Wigeon

: NAME: Goosander – Mergus merganser / WING SPAN: 82-97cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Tend to see them winter time on Coastal rivers / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Goosander – Mergus merganser / WING SPAN: 82-97cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Tend to see them winter time on Coastal rivers / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos / WING SPAN: 81-98cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round and body of water / DIET: Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish /

: NAME: Pochard – Aythya ferina / WING SPAN: 77cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round but increasing in winter mainly on inland lake or pond / DIET: Plants and seeds, snails, small fish and insects /

: NAME: Pochard – Aythya ferina / WING SPAN: 77cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round but increasing in winter mainly on inland lake or pond / DIET: Plants and seeds, snails, small fish and insects /

: NAME: Pochard – Aythya ferina / WING SPAN: 77cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round but increasing in winter mainly on inland lake or pond / DIET: Plants and seeds, snails, small fish and insects /

: NAME: Pochard – Aythya ferina / WING SPAN: 77cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Widespread, Common, All Year round but increasing in winter mainly on inland lake or pond / DIET: Plants and seeds, snails, small fish and insects /

: NAME: Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna / WING SPAN: 58-65cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and in large numbers on the Bristol Channel mud banks all year round where numbers can reach well over 100 / DIET: Invertebrates, small shellfish and aquatic snails/

: NAME: Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna / WING SPAN: 58-65cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and in large numbers on the Bristol Channel mud banks all year round where numbers can reach well over 100 / DIET: Invertebrates, small shellfish and aquatic snails/

: NAME: Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna / WING SPAN: 58-65cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and in large numbers on the Bristol Channel mud banks all year round where numbers can reach well over 100 / DIET: Invertebrates, small shellfish and aquatic snails/

: NAME: Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna / WING SPAN: 58-65cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and in large numbers on the Bristol Channel mud banks all year round where numbers can reach well over 100 / DIET: Invertebrates, small shellfish and aquatic snails/

: NAME: Shoveler – Anas clypeata / WING SPAN: 70-84cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and lakes. Also on the Bristol Channel mud banks – Winter mainly / DIET: Small insects and plant matter sifted from the water /

: NAME: Shoveler – Anas clypeata / WING SPAN: 70-84cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and lakes. Also on the Bristol Channel mud banks – Winter mainly / DIET: Small insects and plant matter sifted from the water /

: NAME: Shoveler – Anas clypeata / WING SPAN: 70-84cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and lakes. Also on the Bristol Channel mud banks – Winter mainly / DIET: Small insects and plant matter sifted from the water /

: NAME: Shoveler – Anas clypeata / WING SPAN: 70-84cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Found on large inland reservoirs and lakes. Also on the Bristol Channel mud banks – Winter mainly / DIET: Small insects and plant matter sifted from the water /

: NAME: Teal – Anas crecca / WING SPAN: 58-64cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Wetland ditches and rhyenes, sometimes coastal on Bristol Channel estuary. – Winter from North / DIET: Seeds and small invertebrates/

: NAME: Teal – Anas crecca / WING SPAN: 58-64cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Wetland ditches and rhyenes, sometimes coastal on Bristol Channel estuary. – Winter from North / DIET: Seeds and small invertebrates/

: NAME: Teal – Anas crecca / WING SPAN: 58-64cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Wetland ditches and rhyenes, sometimes coastal on Bristol Channel estuary. – Winter from North / DIET: Seeds and small invertebrates/

: NAME: Teal – Anas crecca / WING SPAN: 58-64cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Wetland ditches and rhyenes, sometimes coastal on Bristol Channel estuary. – Winter from North / DIET: Seeds and small invertebrates/

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula / WING SPAN: 67-73cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All Year on lakes, ponds and reservoirs / DIET: Molluscs, insects and some plants /

: NAME: Wigeon – Anas penelope / WING SPAN: 75-86cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Overwinters – Bristol channel estuaries and salt marsh always a good spot to find them / DIET: Aquatic plants, grasses, roots/

: NAME: Wigeon – Anas penelope / WING SPAN: 75-86cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Overwinters – Bristol channel estuaries and salt marsh always a good spot to find them / DIET: Aquatic plants, grasses, roots/

: NAME: Wigeon – Anas penelope / WING SPAN: 75-86cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Overwinters – Bristol channel estuaries and salt marsh always a good spot to find them / DIET: Aquatic plants, grasses, roots/

A few rare ducks from Slimbridge and other nature reserves & occasional escapees into Somerset!

: American Wood Duck – Aix sponsa

: Barrows Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica

: Barrows Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica

: Black-Bellied Whistling Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis

: Buffhead – Bucephala albeola

: Chiloe Wigeon – Anas sibilatrix

: Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus

: Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus

: Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus

: Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus

: Muscovy Duck

: Puna Teal – Anas puna

: rested Pochard – Netta ruffina

: Ruddy Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna

: White-cheeked pintail – Anas bahamensis

: White-cheeked pintail – Anas bahamensis