Dulwich Park: November 30^th, 2013

The shoveler group has expanded to 5 (3 drakes, 2 females).  It was a beautifully sunny day, and the birds looked particularly attractive against the autumnal colours reflected in the water, but were extremely sensitive to any attempts to sneak up for a closer photograph.  I caught a couple of shots of them in a little squabble, and resting, but most of the time they just shovelled in circles.  One was near the boardwalk as I came around the corner, but unfortunately it flew off.

 

There were also about 50 Canada geese on the boating lake, and even they looked splendid against the autumnal backdrop…otherwise plenty of mallards, tufties, black-headed gulls and two herons were on the lake, along with the usual flurry of pigeons.