10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2019
It looks fairly flashy in its breeding plumage, much less so in winter. It is much more likely to be found in larger flocks, at least outside the breeding season. For some reason, it is also the National Bird of Latvia, though this does not give it any special status here in Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Where it had spent the summer is anyone’s guess, but the majority of the Pochard that winter in the UK come from Eastern Europe and Russia, with birds ringed in Latvia being particularly numerous. One year he was very excited when his female Hawaiian Goose hatched four healthy goslings, the first time he had managed to breed this species.
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