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Mallard

  • 13-05-2016 5:33pm
    #1
    savagethegoat
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    every where I go there are loads of Mallard drakes and only the odd female....am I right in assuming the girls are all sat on eggs and lots of ducklings will appear shortly?

    The local Mallard in Kanturk seem to be ringed. Some of them are less highly coloured. Are these hybrids do you think?


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  • #2
    Stigura
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    It would be perfectly reasonable to say the females are possibly busy brooding now, yes. They lay much earlier and can still be at it much later.

    Ringed? I wonder if that's 'Ringers' rings. Or those put on by some concern who's bred and released them?

    'Ringers' rings are usually metal. But, I seem to recall private concerns can, and do, ring what they breed with coloured and possibly numbered rings? No idea why.

    Regarding the dull ducks? Could this be moulting males? What they call the " Eclipse " plumage?


  • #3
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    I'll try for a photo


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