Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Mandarin


First that I have seen on the mill pond behind my house, although I was talking to somebody walking their dog and they said it had been here for a few days
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6 comments:

Steve Cummings said...

I've been searching the canal and river around Elland for this little fella for about a week now. Whereabouts did you find him?

8:24 pm
Unknown said...

i live at rishworth its the old mill pond that served rishworth mill, i will show you if you like

9:08 pm
Steve Blacksmith said...

We have seen or had reports of up to two males and a female in the area, including on the Ryburn at Ripponden.

Have you any secluded walls or trees where you could put up a nest box, Nick? It doesn't have to be right over the water, the female leads the ducklings there after they have jumped down.
I could get the details re: dimensions, size of hole, etc.

9:01 pm
Unknown said...

Im sure i could find a place to put one let me know what i need to do it

8:43 pm
Steve Cummings said...

I suspect these are already breeding in the area Steve. I think as many as 9 have been seen in the past around Ryburn. The male at Rishworth Mill managed to do a nice disappearing act under our noses and there are several holes here that could be hiding a female. Judging by the increased number of Goosanders, I don't think that there is a shortage of sites for hole nesting ducks. I would not be surprised if we have breeding Goldeneyes tucked away somewhere.

10:21 pm
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