Heinz 57 Ducks

[Ryewolf]

I spotted the two ducks on a pond at Wycoller yesterday, all the other ducks were just the everyday male/female mallards, except these 2...

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Judy, I couldn't remember where I'd heard the term Manky Mallard from. That link was interesting. There's a very pale female mallard on my local pond.

I was pretty sure I'd got an image of it, from May last year, you can just see a little duckling peeking out from under her. I think this is a case of reduced pigmentation, rather than crossbreeding.

[Kobione]

Love your duck pictures RW - you seem to have more species than we do, although it may be because of where we live. We pretty well get stuck with Wood ducks

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kobione, yes I do see a lot a varieties of ducks, but Mallards can be found on most bits of water in the UK, which is what all these 3 are - the first 2 are definite hybrids, the 3rd is some sort of pigment reduction I think

I've no idea what the 2nd cross-bred duck is though..