Dulwich Park November 29^th 2013:

Spent an hour in the park on a gloomy afternoon – but pleased to see both shoveller drakes and at least one shoveller female back on the boating lake; in the low light the shot of the pair in particular is rather 'impressionistic' - they tend to hang around the island.

Otherwise there was the usual collection of ducks taking food from visitors to the boardwalk, but the female tuftie look especially fetching against the autumn leaves in the dark water:

 

The pigeons and gulls were in their usual places, i.e. swooping around or perched on the tree near the boathouse: