Mute Swan 2 adults
Tufted Duck 6
Still very quiet at the mere..... Walking around the mere this evening I noticed quite a lot of freshwater Swan Mussels Anodonta cygnea in the water. I've seen Common Scoter on the mere swallow them whole in the past, and once watched a Velvet Scoter at close range on an inland lake swallow three in 45 minutes! They can grow quite large, and the photo above (taken about 4 years ago) is quite typical. The scale on the rule is inches of course. Occasionally there is a "wreck" and lots of them get washed up on the shore.
Monday, 6 August 2012
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