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Identify this We saw this duck on Astbury Mere, Cheshire this morning- can anyone tell me what it is please.

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We saw this duck on Astbury Mere, Cheshire this morning- can anyone tell me what it is please.

Caroline W 17/03/2019 15:24

0 tony 17/03/2019 18:00

Yes it's what's often referred to as a "manky" mallard, interbreeding with some other species of duck . The web link below gives examples of interbred mallards.

duck.www.10000birds.com/.../mallards
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0 Original Goldfinch and Eagle-eye 17/03/2019 19:26

Yup - another cross-bred Mallard! Mallard Drakes just can't keep themselves to themselves!
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0 TeeJay 17/03/2019 19:39

As I understand it most so called Manky Mallards are the result of selective breeding from the original wild Mallard rather than from hybridisation with another species. Of course there's always the exception to the rule.
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