Monday, 23 January 2012

Hundreds of Wigeon at Pulborough Brooks yesterday.

There were hundreds of Widgeon feeding on the grassland and in the shallows.
In the UK, their population in winter increases a thousand fold to more than 400,000.  Almost half the European population come to the UK in winter.

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In my former working life, I was a biologist who entered commerce in sales and went on to marketing in Milan and to manage sales and manufacturing companies in Holland, Belgium, West Germany, the UK and Ireland, selling Hi-tech diagnostic equipment primarily to hospitals. My five children are from two marriages -- my first wife and son were killed on a bicycle in 1978. Now I share my life and ramble on with Gloria. My interests include Natural History and History. I have a number of illustrated talks on such topics which I enjoy giving.