Common pochard and grebe also inhabit the lake in winter after migrating from Russia and central Europe.

The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.

Aythya ferina Linnaeus (common pochard)

Hybrids between this species and the Common Pochard are sometimes referred to as "Paget's Pochard".

A lake has formed in the bottom of the quarry, attracting birds including green sandpiper, jack snipe, little grebe and common pochard to overwinter there.

Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler Gadwall and Common Pochard occupy the open water.

The area is regionally important for overwintering wildfowl such as Common Pochard, Tufted Duck and Smew.

The lake attracts a large number of winter migratory fowl such as pintail, shoveller, red crested pochard, common pochard, tufted duck, garganey teal, wigeon and fadwall.

Hybrids between the Tufted Duck and the Common Pochard (A. ferina) are almost indistinguishable from Lesser Scaup, though neither parent species resembles A. affinis.

Nearly 20-25 species of birds are seen in the reservoir and common among them are Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Great Crested Grebe and several others.

The reservoir is an important site for breeding waterbirds such as Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Shoveler, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck and Common Tern.

Joe's Pond is an excellent bird watching site, with over 140 species to be seen, including wintering common teal, common pochard, and tufted duck, and, in summer, Great Crested Grebes.

It supports wintering Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard and Ferruginous Duck.

Species commonly found include the Tufted Duck, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Common Pochard, Little Grebe, Great Egret, and Great Cormorant.

The Manchester Ship Canal near Salford Quays is one of the top ten sites in Britain for diving ducks, providing a winter home to approximately 3,000 common pochard and 2,000 tufted ducks.

The Lakes are attracting increasing numbers of wildfowl during the winter, including Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Gadwall and Eurasian Wigeon.

A Spanish study showed that Northern Pintail and Common Pochard were the species with the highest levels of lead shot ingestion, higher than in northern countries of the western Palearctic flyway, where lead shot has been banned.

The area is considered an important wintering location for several birds species, including Swans, Eurasian Coot, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gadwall, and Common Tern.

Common species include bar-headed goose, grey leg goose, spot billed duck, mallard, gadwall, wigeon, gargany, shoveller, red-crested pochard, common pochard, ferruginous duck, adjutant stork, lesser adjutant stork, open-bill stork, and the white-necked stork.

Hodbarrow is renowned for large numbers of wildfowl during the winter, especially Teal, Widgeon, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, and occasionally Long-tailed Duck, Eider, Goosander, Pintail and Shoveler.

The reserve has an area of fifty acres, and species include Mallard, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Kingfisher, Great Crested Grebe, Common Tern, Osprey, Brown trout, Grayling, Otters, and Water Voles.

The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.

Pochard Aythya ferina (Kione mollagh)

POCHARD Aythya ferina.