A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Birds - Wildfowl and Game Birds

Anseriformes (Ducks, Geese and Swans)

Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans)

Duck, Aylesbury
The Meadows, Tavistock, Devon.
20.10.05 (Public Location)

Duck, Carolina Wood (or hybrid of)     head close-up
Saltram House (NT), Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Duck, Tufted (Aythya fuligula)
Slapton Ley (NNR), Torcross, Devon. 01.11.05 (Public Location)

Goose, Brent (Branta bernicla)     flock landing
Cockwood, nr. Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Goose, Canada (Branta canadensis)     hatchling
Trago Mills Shopping Village, Newton Abbot, Devon. 22.10.05 (Public Location)

Goose, Domestic
Trago Mills Shopping Village, Newton Abbot, Devon. 22.10.05 (Public Location)

Goose, Egyptian (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Trago Mills Shopping Village, Newton Abbot, Devon. 14.08.05 (Public Location)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - female with chick     female     male
Radford Park Lake, Hooe, Plymouth, Devon. 14.08.04 (Public Location)

Mallard Hybrid 1 - male     female
The Meadows, Tavistock, Devon. 20.10.05 (Public Location)

Mallard Hybrid 2 - male
Saltram House (NT), Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Mandarin (Aix galericulata) - male     female
Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Muscovy Duck     white variety
Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot, Devon. 09.11.05 (Public Location)

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) - female     male
Mudflats. Millbrook Lake, Anderton, nr. Millbrook, Cornwall. 16.11.05 (Public Location)

Swan, Black
Trago Mills Shopping Village, Newton Abbot, Devon. 14.08.05 (Public Location)

Swan, Mute (Cygnus olor)     with older cygnet
Radford Lake, Radford Park, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon. 06.10.05 (Public Location)

Swan, Mute (Cygnus olor) - with cygnets
Lopwell Dam, nr. Maristow, Plymouth, Devon. 17.05.05 (Public Location)

Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Gruiformes (Crakes, Coots, Cranes and Bustards)

Rallidae (Moorhen, Rails, Crakes and Coots)

Coot (Fulica atra)
Slapton Ley (NNR), Torcross, Devon. 01.11.05 (Public Location)

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)     female     juvenile
Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Podicipediformes (Grebes)

Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Grebe, Great Crested (Podiceps cristatus)     juvenile     juvenile close-up
Slapton Ley (NNR), Torcross, Devon. 01.11.05 (Public Location)

Galliformes (Grouse, Partridges, Quails, Pheasants and Guinea-Fowl)

Numididae (Guinea-Fowl)

Helmeted Guinea-fowl
Saltram House (NT), Plymouth, Devon. 26.10.05 (Public Location)

Phasianidae (Partridges, Quails and Pheasants)

Peacock
Trago Mills Shopping Village, Newton Abbot, Devon. 22.10.05 (Public Location)

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - cock
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 26.06.05 (Public Location)

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