Golden eye ( Bucephala clangula).
Winter visitors that don't breed here. Feeds on small water animals, mostly shellfish and insects.
"He of white-cheeks, and Golden-eyed,
Of white and black alternate pied. ... Bishop Mant
We also saw lots of other ducks- I'm not good at identifying ducks but I'm learning.
However my favourite place was the kingfisher hide even without a kingfisher. Lots of dragonflies zipped around on the bend of the river while tits and finches came to the bird feeder by the wooded area.
