Hybrids Galore in Bedford

Anonymous
Anonymous

Hi There

I dug out some of my older pictures of the local wildfowl around my area.  These are pictures taken at the River great Ouse and Bedford Pond {Bedford Park}

A Mallard with a bit of a white rear end

A white Pigeon along with a white Duck

The same white dusk as the picture above

The same white duck - not shy at all.

Now this is one I am not sure about - a bit of Pochard in there maybe?

Regards

Kathy and Dave

 

  • I think the last one just looks like a female red-crested pochard to be honest, not a hybrid...

     

  • Hi there, the mallard is probably the offspring of the white campbell duck and a male mallard.

    the white duck is a white campbell and the bottom pic is - as Kathy and Dave have pointed out, a female pochard.

  • Anonymous
    0 Anonymous 19/03/2010 17:33 in reply to KatTai

    Thank you Kat {big smile}

    Funnily looking at the picture it is a Female Red throated Pochard.

    I have not seen the male bird if there is one.

    I have seen this particular 'Pochard' in Bedford Park for quite a while now.

    She is a regular bird.

    Must check and see if the same bird is there sometime soon

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave

     

  • Anonymous
    0 Anonymous 19/03/2010 17:43 in reply to duckwoman

    Hi Duckwoman

    Thank you for your answer.

    I have noticed that the white duck shown in the picture of the river Great Ouse is a lot smaller in stature than the male Mallard.  This particular duck is always with a male Mallard so it is a 'recipe' for Heinz 57 Varities going on there.

    The female Mallard with a white rear and a light plumage..... as you say... there is something 'White Campbell going there.

    I have not heard of a White Campbell Duck before so it must be a well known domestic duck.

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave

    Unknown said:

    Hi there, the mallard is probably the offspring of the white campbell duck and a male mallard.

    the white duck is a white campbell and the bottom pic is - as Kathy and Dave have pointed out, a female pochard.