Female Northern Pintail
Another trip to Slimbridge, Gloucestershire on the 15th November 2023. The water levels on the lagoons on the outer fields were still rising slowly.
A female Northern Pintail on the Tack Piece Lagoon.
Slightly bigger than a Mallard, these long-necked and small-headed ducks fly with curved back pointed wings and a tapering tail, making this the best way to distinguish them from other ducks in the UK.
The Northern Pintail is a dabbling duck that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
It is highly gregarious when not breeding forming large mixed flocks with other spicies of ducks.
The Northern Pintails hugh range and large population means that is it not threathened globally.
Female Northern Pintail
Another trip to Slimbridge, Gloucestershire on the 15th November 2023. The water levels on the lagoons on the outer fields were still rising slowly.
A female Northern Pintail on the Tack Piece Lagoon.
Slightly bigger than a Mallard, these long-necked and small-headed ducks fly with curved back pointed wings and a tapering tail, making this the best way to distinguish them from other ducks in the UK.
The Northern Pintail is a dabbling duck that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
It is highly gregarious when not breeding forming large mixed flocks with other spicies of ducks.
The Northern Pintails hugh range and large population means that is it not threathened globally.