waterfowl

Common reed Phragmites australis growing from rhizome with individual spikelet detail and ligule of hairs

Salt marsh landscape showing mud and a cross section of the snails and invertebrates who live here, wading and predatory birds above in the glasswort and aquatic plants; further away from the salt estuary are soft cliffs and the distant sea

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus swimming cut to white

Mute swan Cygnus olor standing on one grey leg and clearly showing its orange beak

Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata duck pair on water

Pochard Aythya ferina pair with male with rusty head and female on one leg with head nestled into her chest

Group of domestic ducks and geese including the Muscovy duck

Dabchick or Little grebe pair Tachybaptus ruficollis