Garganey at Buckenham Marsh

This morning an early start allowed me to connect with the Garganey family at Buckenham RSPB. The little group was at the far end of the last dyke on the right before the hide - just where I thought I'd seen them last week! In the images below, I hope you'll agree that it wasn't too outrageous to mistake the strongly marked Mallards for them: when you see the birds all together, the grey bill, distinctive speculum and diminutive size are quite obvious. I received quite a bit of comment about last week's gaffe: most was helpful and gratefully received (Thanks RBA Chris!) some was ill-informed and unhelpful. But what the heck: we all make mistakes, no?