Red Crested Pochards

Back in early March,Joyce found an offer to visit a National Trust property for free, she made the mistake of asking me where I fancied going , so I suggested Saltram House near Plymouth where I just happened to know that a pair of Red Crested Pochards had been visiting the small pond there in recent weeks. But it is a nice place to visit anyway so thats where we went ( I did tell her about the ducks the day before). A lovely sunny day and the Male and female Pochards were showing very well at close range , along with the few resident Mandarins which were getting very frisky. I also had the added bonus of some coloured reflrctions on the water ( which were just some recently treated fenceposts).