Hi All
Can any of you out there tell me what breed of Duck this is on my Local River today.
Not great on picture but it had a Bright Red Eyes,just never seen one on my Local before.
Help with naming this Duck
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 manu31999 |
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Posts: 1044 (26/07/08 20:00) |
Hi All Can any of you out there tell me what breed of Duck this is on my Local River today. Not great on picture but it had a Bright Red Eyes,just never seen one on my Local before.
Tight Lines and Happy Barbel Fishing
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Posts: 282 (26/07/08 20:02) |
Female Widgeon??
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kevin ci |
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Posts: 502 (26/07/08 20:08) |
Gertrude......a very ducky name!!
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Posts: 432 (26/07/08 20:21) |
Duck a la orange.
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Posts: 433 (26/07/08 20:21) |
Thats a Norwegian Blue,.beautiful plumage...
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Posts: 96 (26/07/08 21:28) |
Is it swimming towards a Croc?
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davelumb |
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Posts: 434 (26/07/08 21:45) |
Are you sure it's a duck? Gooseylink
"Fish don't think. They react."
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chavender |
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Posts: 622 (26/07/08 21:47) |
you want a name too call the duck ,well the duck's breed name is Call ...its a call duck ,its short bill is the dead giveaway .
steve
I try to be funny... but sometimes I merely look it 
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Posts: 488 (26/07/08 22:28) |
It looks suspiciously like a Garganey!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/garganey/index.asp edit; Maybe not,what about a female mandarin? http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/mandarin/index.asp
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26/07/08 22:33.
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Posts: 34 (27/07/08 01:43) |
It's a mongrel I'm afraid, probably a female one at that with a bit of Mallard and a bit of farm yard, who knows?
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Fred Bonney |
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Posts: 489 (27/07/08 08:59) |
The more I look the more I agree with Anne.
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pritch |
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Posts: 161 (27/07/08 10:29) |
I think Anne is right,the back end looks very much Mallard.
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His miserableness |
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Posts: 1403 (27/07/08 10:31) |
Arthur Mullard ?
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Posts: 2230 (27/07/08 11:10) |
It has the tail of a Ruddy duck but not the beak, Female Ruddy Mallard cross.
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Posts: 275 (27/07/08 11:39) |
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Mandingo |
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Posts: 9 (27/07/08 12:06) |
More than likely a juvenile Wood Duck or Wood Duck cross, not native in the UK, but escaped (or released!) ornamental. |
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manu31999 |
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Posts: 1047 (27/07/08 12:13) |
Hi Mandingo
Now that looks like it  you may have named the Duck.
Tight Lines and Happy Barbel Fishing
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Posts: 38 (27/07/08 13:49) |
yes, looks like one of those definite. Its a funny time of year for duck ID as they are going through their yearly moult at the moment. Its called the
"eclipse" where waterfowl are "flightless" . They can fly a little but nowhere near as strong asusual. Lots of waterfowl on the waters now.
Saw bloody loads of mallard on the ouse the other night. Goosanders too are on the up and up. Never used to see them, but now they are everywhere on the river.
Jon
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Posts: 263 (27/07/08 14:28) |
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Posts: 26 (27/07/08 15:26) |
Seen a few of those ducks on the severn hanging about with a group of juvenile mallards... the photo on the first picture is definatly not a wood duck
though... personally from a bird keepers view its a hybrid mallard?!?!?!
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Posts: 1413 (27/07/08 15:38) |
Could be a wood duck, it is floating ! Cue, Monty Python
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