Pale Beauties

I was back up at Attenborough at the weekend.
One species that can almost be relied on up there is Red-crested pochard. There were eight birds present on Sunday

Something I've noticed about this species is that it seems to be prone to leucism as I've seen several examples of this.

 This female was on the Tween Pond.

 

 A more usual female was on the Coneries Pond

 

 This pale male bird was keeping company with the lighter female

 

 while this normal male was near the Visitor Centre.

The leucistic pair.