1 Through binoculars we recognised shoveler, teal, pochard and tufted duck, all of which breed in the pools.

2 Pochards are the diving ducks parexcellence, diving frequently and swimming submerged.

3 The Pochard, the diving duck was thought to be extinct.

4 Black head and neck separate drake from similarly patterned drake Pochard.

5 A rescue mission to save one of the world's rarest birds, the Madagascar Pochard, seems to have succeeded.

6 Conservationists have taken the first step in their quest to save the world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard.