Garganey at Dagenham Chase

Yesterday I caught up with the cracking drake Garganey on The Slack at Dagenham Chase. I had to wait quite some time for it to wake up and fully show itself. It is our only summer visiting duck and could well have flown from South Africa so I guess rest is acceptable!

The garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), Bangladesh (in the natural reservoirs of Sylhet district), and Australasia during the winter of the Northern hemisphere,

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