Hardhead was part of Optimus' crew, first seen in Stormbringer.
In June 1411, along with others including John Mynors (MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire), Hardhead was arrested for a murder in Featherstone, Staffordshire and armed assaults against many people in Wolverhampton.
Some 2262 km2 of the lake system and its surrounds has been identified as a by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it has supported breeding colonies of the Letter-winged Kites and over 1% of the world populations of Plumed Whistling-Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Little Black Cormorants, Australian Pelicans, Straw-necked Ibises, Eurasian Coots, Oriental Plovers, Gull-billed Terns and Flock Bronzewings.
The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it has supported significant numbers of Freckled and Pink-eared Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Australian Pelicans, Banded Stilts, Red-necked Avocets and Caspian Terns.