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22-01-2012, 05:33 PM
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Stuck on ducks from Arundel WWT 16 Jan.
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22-01-2012, 05:48 PM
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4&5 look like south african shelduck and shelduck , not sre about 1-3. |
22-01-2012, 06:08 PM
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sorry meant ruddy shelduck for 5  |
22-01-2012, 06:31 PM
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1 male Red Shoveler
2 male White-headed Duck
3 Wandering Whistling Duck
4 male Cape Shelduck
5 male Ruddy Shelduck
6 male Bufflehead |
22-01-2012, 06:44 PM
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should of recognised the WH Duck myself , the male Bufflehead is a very handsome bird i know theres been a female off the coast of cornwall for a while but apologies for interrupting the thread but does anyone know if we have ever had a male in Britain ? |
22-01-2012, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Shrike  should of recognised the WH Duck myself , the male Bufflehead is a very handsome bird i know theres been a female off the coast of cornwall for a while but apologies for interrupting the thread but does anyone know if we have ever had a male in Britain ? | Yes- I remember twitching a drake at Colwick Park near Nottingham. Without looking it up it must have been c20 years ago. Pretty sure it isn't the only one, but remains a pretty rare vagrant + as with all wildfowl the waters are always muddied by the escape possibility. The one I saw was accepted as wild. |
22-01-2012, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Yes- I remember twitching a drake at Colwick Park near Nottingham. Without looking it up it must have been c20 years ago. Pretty sure it isn't the only one, but remains a pretty rare vagrant + as with all wildfowl the waters are always muddied by the escape possibility. The one I saw was accepted as wild. | cheers Aeshna , its a pity all birds in collections can't be given a particular coloured ring and put an end to the category E mallarkey. |
22-01-2012, 07:11 PM
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Spot on Aeshna, great ID's.
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23-01-2012, 05:27 PM
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Thanks everyone. Annoyingly I should have known some of those I am sure. |
23-01-2012, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 1 male Red Shoveler
2 male White-headed Duck
3 Wandering Whistling Duck
4 male Cape Shelduck
5 male Ruddy Shelduck
6 male Bufflehead |
100% correct, well done, number 3 could be easily mistaken for a Fulvous. | | |
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