Duck for I.D. please

briar rose · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 05:22 PM

Saw this at Mote park near Maidstone this morning, any idea what it could be?

Thanks guys

Gatekeeper · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 05:25 PM

No idea, but I don't think it'll be turning into a swan anytime soon

Gill Catton · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 05:49 PM

Its a domestic duck with mallard ancestry. Lovely blue grey colour is that just the picture?

faz · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 06:28 PM

heinz 57 alright mallard and ? the white strip on the eye first impression was a mandrin female ?

bob.phillips · #5 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 07:47 PM

Could it have a Pintail parentage??

The brown head seems to point that way!!!

Bob P.

RoyW · #6 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 08:21 PM

I wouldn't have thought that this duck has anything other than Mallard parentage (a mix of domestic breeds, but still Mallard).

Picidae · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-2010, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoyW

(a mix of domestic breeds, but still Mallard).

Have we been here before?!

briar rose · #8 (**permalink**) 11-11-2010, 08:02 AM

Thanks guys

Her colouring was pretty much as in the picture, although in the sunlight she seemed a bit paler and her head did appear a bit more brownish, it did look as if her wings may have been clipped, so she may well be an escapee! whatever she may be she was stunning