Preening on the pond
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Preening on the pond
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 13 Jan 2009
A solitary Mallard drake attends to ruffled feathers on the village pond at Wetwang. Ponds are a common feature in Wolds villages and farms due to the lack of reliable surface streams in chalk country.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.019901
Longitude
-0.575015