The long staying [4 days] Red-breasted Merganser was asleep near the SW corner of W lake this morning. I took some shots from the Mile Road viewpoint but it was too distant and the photos were ***. A drake Shoveler was with 2 females at the north end of W lake near the reedbed. No sign of yesterday’s Mandarin. Nothing too much else on the lakes bar the 100 or so Canada Geese. There were 4 Gt Crested Grebes and at least 4 Little Grebes. No interesting gulls as yet. I didn’t venture into the muddy quagmire paddocks.