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Author: irsychan Time: 16/08/2015 10:23 Subject: London Wetland Centre 2015 July

All photographs were taken on 19th July 2015 at London Wetland Centre, using Nikon D4s camera and Nikkor 80-4000mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens.
Lot of baby birds were seen at close range.

Tufted Duck (female and juvenile) 鳳頭潛鴨(雌鳥和幼鳥)

Male 雄

Common Moorhen (adult and juveniles) 黑水雞（成鳥及幼鳥）

Eurasian Coot (adult and juvenile) 白骨頂（成鳥及幼鳥）

Mute Swan (adult and juveniles)　疣鼻天鹅（成鳥及幼鳥）

[Hay! That is a piece of rock!]

Plumed Whistling Duck 尖羽樹鴨

Black-bellied Whistling Duck 紅嘴樹鴨

Fulvous Whistling Duck 草黃樹鴨

Ringed Teal (male)　半領鴨（雄）

Ringed Teal (female)　半領鴨（雌）

ID1 to be confirmed [male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage as advised by ajohn]

ID2 to be confirmed [male Mallard in eclipse plumage as advised by ajohn]

Bufflehead (female)白枕鵲鴨，另稱巨頭鵲鴨（雌）

Smew (female) 白秋沙鴨（雌）

Comb Duck (Knob-billed Duck)　瘤鴨
Male 雄

Female 雌

White-headed Duck (male) 白頭硬尾鴨(雄)

White-headed Duck (Female) 白頭硬尾鴨(雌)

Common Eider (female) 絨鴨（雌）

Ferruginous Duck 白眼潛鴨

Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁

Red-breasted Goose 紅胸黑雁

Barnacle Goose 白頰黑雁

Brent Goose 黑雁

Black Swan 黑天鵝

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Author: irsychan Time: 20/08/2015 09:24

Enough is enough. Uploading images highly compressed to 200kb maximum per photo as limited by this Forum is enough for me, as I can no longer tolerate the downgraded images after such high compression.
I have therefore switched to uploading image URLs instead. The previous highly compressed images have all been replaced.

Author: irsychan Time: 20/08/2015 22:38

More photos taken on same date at same venue

Ring-necked Parakeet (AKA Rose-ringed Parakeet) 紅領綠鸚鵡

Rock Dove 原鴿

Grey Heron 蒼鷺

Northern Lapwing 鳳頭麥雞

Great Crested Grebe 鳳頭鸊鷉

Black-headed Gull 紅嘴鷗

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Author: HFCheung Time: 22/08/2015 02:12

Most of these are captive birds, right?

Author: ajohn Time: 22/08/2015 07:53

Your first unidentified bird (ID1) is a male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage. The second (ID2) is a male Mallard in eclipse plumage.

Ho-fai, you are right that many of the ducks, geese and swans in the first post are captive. The London Wetland Centre is a WWT reserve with a captive waterfowl collection but also a well-managed area for wild birds.

Author: irsychan Time: 22/08/2015 19:12

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Original posted by HFCheung at 22/08/2015 02:12
Most of these are captive birds, right?

The question should better be answered by London Wetland Centre itself.
As far as I know, some of the ducks and geese in the first post are probably captive, whereas the rest are wild birds.

Author: irsychan Time: 22/08/2015 23:18

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Original posted by ajohn at 22/08/2015 07:53
Your first unidentified bird (ID1) is a male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage. The second (ID2) is a male Mallard in eclipse plumage.

Ho-fai, you are right that many of the ducks, geese and swans in the ...

Thank you very much for the identification, John.
There are a few more birds that I need help on ID:

ID3 [Northern Pintail 針尾鴨 male in eclipse plumage as advised by Rita]

ID4

ID5

ID6

ID7 [Hardhead 澳洲潛鴨 as advised by Rita. The white eye indicates that it is male]

ID8 [Red-crested Pochard 紅咀潛鴨 female as advised by Rita]

ID9 [Southern Screamer 冠叫鴨 as advised by Rita]

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Author: Rita Time: 24/08/2015 00:52

師兄，謝謝分享！

London Wetland Centre確是個好地方，當天我也在那裏。

以下是我的估計，未知是否正確︰
ID3 - Northern Pintail 針尾鴨 male in eclipse plumage
ID4 - Northern Pintail 針尾鴨 female
ID5 - Mallard 綠頭鴨 female
ID6 - Mallard 綠頭鴨 male in eclipse plumage
ID7 - Hardhead 澳洲潛鴨
ID8 - Red-crested Pochard 紅咀潛鴨 female
ID9 - Southern Screamer 冠叫鴨

如有錯漏，請各位賜教。

Author: irsychan Time: 25/08/2015 18:52

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Original posted by Rita at 24/08/2015 00:52
師兄，謝謝分享！

London Wetland Centre確是個好地方，當天我也在那裏。

以下是我的估計，未知是否正確︰
ID3 - Northern Pintail 針尾鴨 male in eclipse plumage
ID4 - Northern Pintail 針尾鴨 female
I ...

Thank you Rita for the advice. Regarding ID5, I thought female Mallard's bill should be orange and black, instead of completely black as shown in the photo?

Author: irsychan Time: 10/09/2015 14:22

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Original posted by ajohn at 22/08/2015 07:53
Your first unidentified bird (ID1) is a male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage. The second (ID2) is a male Mallard in eclipse plumage.

Ho-fai, you are right that many of the ducks, geese and swans in the ...

Hi ajohn, I got a different opinion about ID2 from WWT London : https://www.facebook.com/events/102048723469316/134875030186685/
Any chance that this may be a 'Manky Mallard' ? I don't see any white colour in the bird's neck though.

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