The Scaup at Maryton Ditch seem to prefer that side of the basin when the high banks offer shelter from a southerly or south westerly wind, they'll be gone very soon I suspect.
The large Rainbow Trout was one of a pair excavating a redd to spawn in which is something I've never seen before and wasn't even sure that species did attempt to breed, or succeed.
No excuses about three photos, I'll likely never get this kind of chance again to photograph these rare migrants around the size of a sparrow
The marking on the cheek behind the eye which has brown in the black shows this single bird is a female
They always look serious
Three of 17 Scaup, 5 drakes and 12 ducks still at the basin just waiting to fly north any day now
Shelduck, near the Shelduck Hide, where else?
Seen from above the pair of Rainbow Trout looked to be 7 and 5 pounds in weight but given the depth of this one seen when it was digging the redd it's safe to add a few pounds to each.
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