Male Mallard duck walking through grass at Kew Gardens
- 6 years ago
Male Mallard duck at Kew Gardens
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The mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a long body, and a long and broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. 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, although it is scarcer in upland areas. In the UK, mallards may be resident breeders or migrants - many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here.
Read more at https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/mallard#IeKeqjQjyWRe6sAH.99
You can see more of my photos, videos and blogs at https://www.thesonofthom.com
The mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a long body, and a long and broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. 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, although it is scarcer in upland areas. In the UK, mallards may be resident breeders or migrants - many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here.
Read more at https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/mallard#IeKeqjQjyWRe6sAH.99