Many of the photos on this web site were taken in a Croydon garden over the past 25 years, mainly of visiting wild mallard
ducks, but also other wildlife such as foxes, birds, frogs, toads and fish. The garden photos from 2008 and 2009 cover the
entire four month duck breeding season, from mating, egg laying and incubation (five weeks) and then ducklings hatching,
growing up and fledgling at eight or nine weeks old, with photos often taken daily. Unfortunately no ducklings in the garden
since 2009.

The garden ducks spend most of their year in larger ponds and lakes around Croydon , so there are photos from various
Croydon and South London parks, where a lot of water fowl are found, such as Mallards, Canada Geese, Mute Swans,
Coots, Moorhens, and Tufted and Mandarin Ducks, and their young.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2022 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2022 of visiting mallard ducks, birds including parakeets and foxes.  No news of fox cubs yet.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2021 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2021 of visiting mallard ducks, birds including parakeets and foxes and fox cubs.

Photos from the garden in 2020 of visiting mallard ducks, birds including parakeets and foxes (no cubs this year).

Ducks and Wildlife in 2019 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2019 of visiting mallard ducks, birds including parakeets, foxes and fox cubs.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2019

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2018 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2017 of visiting mallard ducks, birds including parakeets and foxes. No cubs.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2018

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl.

Wandle Trail - River Wandle through several parks

Photos that should eventually cover the whole of the Wandle Trail, a 14 mile series of paths
alongside the River Wandle from Croydon, through Beddington, Carshalton, Morden, Merton,
Wandsworth and to the Thames.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2017 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2017 of visiting mallard ducks, birds and foxes. No cubs yet.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2017

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2016 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2016 of visiting mallard ducks, foxes and two new fox cubs.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2016

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl, including ducklings, goslings and cygnets.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2015 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2015 of visiting mallard ducks, foxes and a new fox cub.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2015

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl. 

Ducks and Wildlife in 2014 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2014 of visiting mallard ducks, bit no nest. Also photos of toads, frogs, birds, foxes and their cubs.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2014

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, with
ducks and other water fowl. 

Ducks and Wildlife in 2013 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2013 of visiting mallard ducks, there was a new nest in late March, but the duck  abandoned it,
perhaps due to continued cold weather.  Also photos of toads, frogs, birds and foxes.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2013

Photos from this year taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, mostly with
ducks and other water fowl.  There are two families of goslings at Millers Pond.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2012

Photos from 2012 taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, mostly with
ducks and other water fowl.  We followed three geese and one duck families at Millers Pond in May, and two families
of ducks at Brickfields Meadow in July and August, which was quite late.

Ducks and Wildlife in 2010, 2011 and 2012 - Garden

Photos from the garden in 2010, 2011 and 2012 of visiting mallard ducks, but no nest or ducklings yet for these years.
Also photos of garden birds, foxes, fox cubs, and pond life such as toads and tadpoles.

 Ducks in Croydon Parks in 2011

Photos from 2011 taken around various Croydon and South London public parks with ponds and lakes, mostly with
ducks and other water fowl.

Ducks and Ducklings in 2009 - Garden

Photos from 2009 of the mallard nest and eight ducklings that hatched on 11th April 2009 and who finally left on 12th June. 
Mum started a second nest but disappeared after laying seven more eggs, almost certainly a victim of one of the foxes.

Ducks and Ducklings in 2008 - Garden

Photos from 2008 of the mallard nest and eight ducklings that hatched on  29th May 2008 and who finally left on 2rd August. 

Ducks, Fish and the Pond up to 2007 - Garden

Photos up to 2007 of early duck visits and failed nesting attempts, and of the pond, it's construction and other inhabitants.

 Birds, Foxes, Squirrels, Toads and Frogs up to 2009 - Garden

Photos of other various garden wildlife.

Most of the older photos were taken with Canon Powershot cameras, with a tele-converter lens for better close-ups.
Those from 2011 and later are with a Samsung camera with x15 zoom which is very useful for wildlife and has much
better low light capability than the older Canons. All original photos are reduced in resolution and quality to make web
page download times acceptable. 

There are also various CCTV cameras monitoring the garden recording 24/7, from which some photos are taken.

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