Great Northern Diver + Mandarin Duck.

Jimmy & I pay a very quick visit to Fairlop Waters & pick out the long staying Great Northern Diver without to much trouble, to far over the lake for photos & it's a bit nasty weather wise.Great crested Grebe gives us a year tick before we head off.
So we rush off to Connaught Waters before the rain really starts to hit,pulling up & parking the car we see a pair of Mandarin Ducks as soon as we get to the waters edge & they are right in front of us on our side, so in bad light I give the camera a try.
On walking around the water a song Thrush sings away high up in the trees & a Green Woodpecker flies up to give us a couple of ticks.
Only out for an hour or so but we get 5 year ticks before the rain forces us home.

Mandarin Duck

A pair over the back of the waters