teal anas crecca

I see an awful lot of Teal but almost always at a distance so it was nice to get close enough for a picture for once.

We're supposed to get snow in Stockholm at the weekend. Stockholm is too dark and grey in the winter without snow and it's hard to get decent pictures.

This was the first of two nice surprises on Margaret Island. I see an awful lot of Teal every year but I've never managed to get this close to a drake before. A female spent the winter with a group of Mallards at Rstasjn a few years ago and she was very approachable so when I saw this bird in a...

I liked the abstract patterns formed by the ripples on the water. Also it's very seldom I get close enought to a Teal for pictures. :-)

I find ducks difficult to photograph so I've been practising recently.