Wigeon Landing
A flock of wigeon coming in to land on the Dee marsh at Neston. The town of Flint and Flint Mountain form the backdrop with Halkyn Mountain rising in the top left corner.
This is one of several duck species that have been renamed recently, leaving genus Anas with the gadwall for the resurrected genus Mareca. This was based on a DNA study published in 2009. I do have concerns that we'll get to the stage where definitive identification becomes impossible without collecting samples and sending them to a lab.
Wigeon Landing
A flock of wigeon coming in to land on the Dee marsh at Neston. The town of Flint and Flint Mountain form the backdrop with Halkyn Mountain rising in the top left corner.
This is one of several duck species that have been renamed recently, leaving genus Anas with the gadwall for the resurrected genus Mareca. This was based on a DNA study published in 2009. I do have concerns that we'll get to the stage where definitive identification becomes impossible without collecting samples and sending them to a lab.