Around the Southcote Meadows and Kennet Canal, to the SW of Reading, UK.

Feral Parakeet (there was at least four of them); Grey Heron; Wren

Common Jay; Cormorant; Two Gadwalls, I think

Another Gadwall; Coot surfacing and Roe Deer

I’ve neither seen Parakeets (possibly Rose-ringed) or Gadwalls before, at least not to photo in the wild, and on the Gadwalls I’m open to correction.

OK, so a Roe Dee is not a bird, so this pack is wildly off-topic - sorry!

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens

  • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 days ago

    Gadwalls are apparently both resident and winter visitors in various places in the UK (he says, repeating back a book).

    Parakeets are recent-ish (1950’s or later) escapees/releases who have managed to start breeding in the UK - London especially - and are something of a worry to conservationists. Occasionally the subject of amused news reports, so I wasn’t completely shocked.