Drake Duck
Scientific name; Aythya fuligula
Status; breeds in UK (breeds at Enton) but numbers greatly increased in winter by migrants from Iceland and northern Europe. Sometimes forms large flocks.
Feeding; feeds by diving, usually to bottom of lake; omnivorous.
Drake Shoveler
Scientific name; Anas clyptea
Status; breeds in UK and numbers greatly increased in winter by migrants from Iceland and from north and central Europe
Feeding: omnivorous, including small molluscs, insects and seed. Feeds when swimming with head and neck immersed, by upending and occasionally by diving
Drake Gadwall
Scientific name: Anas strepera
Status; breeds in UK in increasing numbers and a winter visitor to lakes from Iceland and central Europe
Feeding: feeds on vegetative parts of plants while swimming with head under water or by upending
Meadow Pipit
Scientific name: Anthus patensis
Status: commonest pipit in Western Europe, breeding on ground in open vegetation in a wide range of climate zones. Numbers augmented in winter by migrants, probably from Iceland and Northern Europe.
Feeding: feeds on ground, mainly on invertebrates but also seeds in autumn and winter.