Easy to see
Park lakes
Mallard, tufted, coot, mute swan
Still real habitat. Easy to love to death with bread, dogs and line.
DUKSTUDIO
Winter table
Flooded grassland
Wigeon, teal, pintail
It only exists if winter water is allowed to sit. Pump it off early and the birds leave.
Mud with food
Reedbed and scrapes
Shoveler, teal, garganey
Invertebrates in the mud are the point. A tidy bank with no plants is pretty and empty.
Divers
Pits and reservoirs
Tufted, pochard, goldeneye
Depth and fish policy matter. A trout lake is not automatically a duck lake.
Coat weather
Estuary and sea
Eider, scoter, long-tailed
Binoculars, a coat, humility. Bycatch and oil are the industrial threats; jet-skis are the local one.
Not a toy
Garden pond
Shelves, native plants, no dumped ornamentals
Can feed the invertebrates ducklings need, if foxes and cats allow. Do not net it so tight a wild bird drowns.