ML586552781
Contributor
Josh Jones Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Achill Island--Keel machair/beach & Sruhillbeg Lough
Mayo, Connaught, Ireland
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Adult male in heavy moult at Sruhillbeg Lough. Breeding plumage largely lost bar a few wispy head feathers and some breast/belly feathers. Apparently has been on Achill all spring. While we were on the island last autumn, a non-birding couple reported a pair of Mandarin "recently" at Dooagh to DO, so perhaps these bird(s) have been around a while?! Either way, no rings and clearly wary – as soon as it saw us, it swam into the middle of the lough to join the Mallard flock.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 3000 pixels x 1688 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.21 MB