turlough: tiny fairy with mallows, art by Cecily Mary Baker ((summer) another flower fairy)
turlough ([personal profile] turlough) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2024-05-25 07:33 pm
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goldeneye with ducklings

I usually only see Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula) in our stream in late Winter/early Spring. This year one of the pairs looks to have nested here too because earlier this week I saw this mum with her three tiny babies.

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brown bird with three brown-and-white babies on the water