Mystery Duck for ID please!

Cordaline · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 05:55 PM

Does anyone have any idea what this mystery duck might be please?

Spotted it at Mill Pond, Bracknell today.
All 3 pics are of the same bird.

Adam thinks he knows what it is.

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 06:04 PM

I think it's a Muscovy x Mallard (possibly domestic type) cross.

thebeard · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 06:09 PM

poor thing, not blessed with looks.

it looks a bit scoter-ish, but there's no doubt that its lineage is certainly close to what aeshna says

Cordaline · #4 (**permalink**) 09-02-2011, 07:49 AM

Thanks for your suggestions.
Adam thought it was a Paradise Shelduck.

Are these Mallard x aswell then?
They were more the size of a Canada Goose than a Mallard.

htcdude · #5 (**permalink**) 09-02-2011, 08:48 AM

Yeah they are of domestic breed, confused me when I first saw some..Giant Mallards???? Or maybe Galapagos Mallards

But no just domestics, lots of meat

Nige

Gill Catton · #6 (**permalink**) 09-02-2011, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cordaline

Thanks for your suggestions.
Adam thought it was a Paradise Shelduck.

Are these Mallard x aswell then?
They were more the size of a Canada Goose than a Mallard.

I agree with Aeshna about the first ID and as for the second yes domestic meat breed (of mallard descent), Have a hunt through feathersite.com in the duck section, I'm sure I have seen them there.

aeshna5 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-02-2011, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cordaline

Thanks for your suggestions.
Adam thought it was a Paradise Shelduck.

Are these Mallard x aswell then?
They were more the size of a Canada Goose than a Mallard.

Definitely not a Paradise Shelduck. I'll stick with my original tentative ID.

The others are as Gill says domestic forms of Mallard + not hybrids unlike the original photo.