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Common Mallard

A visit to Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire to look for the Greater Scaup, Knot and Great Northern Diver that were showing .

 

Weather was sunnier than my last visit. The water levels were very low.

 

A female Common Mallard on F2 reservoir.

 

The Mallard is the most familiar of all the dabbling ducks.

 

The Mallard is a large and heavy-looking duck. It has a long body, and a long and broad bill. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. Mallards breed in all parts of the UK in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats

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Uploaded on February 3, 2024
Taken on January 14, 2024