Throwback Thursday travels back to Cheshire in the 1990s. This male Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) was napping in front of a wooden hide (blind) on Hurleston Reservoir in south Cheshire. The ripples and peeking eye add to the image for me.
Large numbers of Common Pochard winter in the U.K. and this bird was in a small flock that visited the reservoir.
