Tied up and unable to get to see the recent "goodies" that have shown up on Otmoor, Port Meadow and Farmoor , did manage to get along to Shellingford Quarry Thursday and noted 8 Common Snipe, several Tufted Duck, quite a few Dabchicks, likewise Teal, 1 Cormorant and 1 Little Egret. Smaller birds were represented by Gold and Chaffinch.
There have been a pair of Swans that bred on the quarry this time producing just 2 Cygnets sadly all that is left of this graceful family are the scattered feathers of the dead leaving 1 living and presumably lonely adult this rather sad demise of the Swans is most probably due to the Foxes that live close by.
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Lonely Swan
Scattered feathery remains of the Swan family
Some of the interesting geology at the quarry.
Tufted Duck
Yeah! It's another Moff.
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