Garganey (Anas querquedela). Male. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 28th 2022.
Male. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 28th 2022.
(1/1000th sec at f8. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) 
Garganey (Anas querquedela). Female. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 28th 2022.
Female. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 28th 2022.
(1/1000th sec at f8. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) Description
L: 37 - 41cm; WS: 59 - 67cm
The Garganey is a summer visitor to Britain, arriving in March or April from its winter quarters in Africa. The male is most easily recognised by the broad white stripe over the eye. Females are brownish but also have distinctive head striping.
It is mostly found in central and eastern England.
It favours shallow wetlands, with flooded meadows and ditches, and plenty of aquatic vegetation.
Its conservation status is amber, owing to the small breeding population of between 23 and 115 pairs.
Sightings
| 20-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) |
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| 05-Apr-2022 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1m,1f) |
| 28-Mar-2022 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (2) |
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| 18-May-2021 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (1m) |
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| 11-Jun-2020 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) |
| 07-Jun-2020 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1m) |
| 22-Mar-2020 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1m,1f) |
| 14-Mar-2020 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1m) |
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| 12-Mar-2018 | : | Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | (1m) |
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| 11-Apr-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1m) |
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| 27-Apr-2016 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | (1m,1f) |
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| 23-Jul-2015 | : | Mesta River fishponds, Bulgaria | (2) |
| 10-Apr-2015 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | (1f) |
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| 03-Apr-2011 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1m) |
| 27-Mar-2011 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1m) |
