Tuesday 20 October 2020

Barnacle Goose and Pintail moults

   
I managed to find a gap in the rain on Monday to get to the Tayock Hide dry, not so on the return, you'll hear the rain in the Barnacle video. Even video was a trial in the conditions but I was surprised to get the Barnacle Goose given where it was and how far (on tripod and shielded from the wind).

I researched the Pintails moult, the three in the video appear to be male, the brown one which I'd thought might be a female has some grey plumage coming in and a photo of the hybrid at Keptie Pond proves it is male.

Barnacle Goose, near to Sleepyhillock, filmed from the Tayock Hide, click here 






Pintail drake



Shelduck and Teal



Various ducks, mostly Pintails and Shelducks at the "preening bend" on the Tayock Burn



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