{"id":2397,"date":"2013-12-31T20:24:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2019-01-04T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T21:52:57","slug":"encounters-with-wigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounters with wigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8390-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,395\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388676306&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8390&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8390\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2427\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8390\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeonpastel1-486x300.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An oil pastel sketch of a male wigeon out on a flooded salt marsh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8389\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504591&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8389&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8389\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1-300x206.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2398\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8389\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon1-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This rather engaging duck with its distinctive whistling call\u00a0is a winter visitor here, usually from October through to March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8387\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,311\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8387&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8387\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2-300x145.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2399\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8387\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon2-500x242.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the front they are enchantingly round and cartoonish, as if freshly dunked up to their midriff\u00a0in a bucket of whitewash and with the male sporting a rather fetching yellow &#8220;mohican&#8221; forehead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8382\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504551&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8382&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8382\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2400\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8382\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon3-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pair of wigeon snooze in the depths of Chapel Pill at low tide &#8211; watercolour and oil pastel sketch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8386\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504573&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8386&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8386\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4-300x227.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2402\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8386\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon4-395x300.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These wigeon suddenly flew out of the late October shadows into the sunlit, sienna\u00a0grasses above Chapel Pill. \u00a0It seems their hasty departure\u00a0was as much a surprise to this Canada Goose as it was to\u00a0me . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8384\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504564&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8384&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8384\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5-300x173.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2403\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8384\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon5-500x289.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . and as I watched a roe buck at the water&#8217;s edge in November a small company of wigeon startled us both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/img_8385\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"509,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388504566&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_8385&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8385\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6-238x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2405\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8385\" width=\"509\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6.jpg 509w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wigeon6-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their white bellies are a great help in identifying them in flight, as are the male&#8217;s white wing bars (top left).<\/p>\n<p>Visit the RSPB website to hear the whistling call of the wigeon\u00a0<em><a title=\"www.rspb.org.uk\/wildlife\/birdguide\/name\/w\/wigeon\/index.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/wildlife\/birdguide\/name\/w\/wigeon\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rspb.org.uk\/wildlife\/birdguide\/name\/w\/wigeon\/index.aspx<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>. . . perhaps the collective noun for wigeon should be a &#8220;whistle&#8221; of wigeon, but a &#8220;raft&#8221;, &#8220;trip&#8221; or &#8220;company&#8221; are usual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An oil pastel sketch of a male wigeon out on a flooded salt marsh. This rather engaging duck with its distinctive whistling call\u00a0is a winter visitor here, usually from October through to March. From the front they are enchantingly round and cartoonish, as if freshly dunked up to their midriff\u00a0in a bucket of whitewash and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,3,25,51],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-autumn","8":"category-saltmarsh_birds","9":"category-ducks","10":"category-spring","11":"grid-item","12":"grid-item-landscape","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Encounters with wigeon - Hilary Kington - just my sketches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/encounters-with-wigeon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Encounters with wigeon - Hilary Kington - just my sketches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An oil pastel sketch of a male wigeon out on a flooded salt marsh. 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