Larger than a pochard, the male has an orange-brown head with a red beak and pale flanks. Females are brown with pale cheeks. In flight they show whitish primaries. They dive, dabble and up-end for their food. There is a large population in Spain and nearer but smaller numbers in France, Netherlands and Germany - and occasional wild birds may come to the UK from the Continent. The UK breeding birds almost certainly all come from escaped birds.
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Saturday 12 April 2014
Friday 11 April 2014
Garganey [Anas querquedula]
You can't see me.........................
A little bit of preening, but, you can't see me, ha ha.....
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