pintail?

i was feeding the ducks and a canada goose at the end of my garden the other day and i saw a duck which to me and my nan looked slightly like a mixed mallard but when i took some photos of it and later compared them with my bird book i thought it could be a pintail. here are the photos.

pintail

pintail

pintail picture from my bird book



grey heron

About an hour ago there was a grey heron on a fence two doors away from me and it took off after a few minutes and flew round and landed in a tree, if it was still there now then there may have been a chance of nesting but its not unfortunately. it was amazing when it took off though.

spring

another good season for birding as birds are nesting and ive had goldfinches in my garden, also the number of great tits and blue tits are rising. ive had a few new sightings over the last few weeks including- hooded crow, wheatear, shag, fulmar and a few others.
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