Swanbourne Lake

Last weekend we took a late afternoon walk around Arundel, taking in Swanbourne Lake. It's not normally a haven for unusual waterfowl, but perhaps because the water level is higher than usual (it's racing out of the sluice at the south-west corner), there were a few additions to the more typical Mute Swans, Moorhens, Coots and Mallard. Most notable were 8 Mandarin Ducks, probably having a day out from the Wildfowl and Wetland Centre over the road, as well as several Pochard and Tufted Ducks.