Duck! (1 Viewer)

[CWH]

Any ideas anybody please?
On Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, with mallard, shoveller and coot.

 

[pappajohn]

A Coot.

 

[CWH]

A Coot.

Sorry, but not this time - this is a coot - though there were one or two in the area

 

[movan]

Awww perhaps his dad was a cad. . He's cute whatever he is.

 

[Khizzie]

Any ideas anybody please?
On Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, with mallard, shoveller and coot.
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A Heinz 57 ..

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[Anthea M]

Never seen a black and and white duck like that before!

 

[DuxDeluxe]

The duck version of a feral pigeon, at a guess.

Not related to me though.....

 

[CWH]

Done a bit of googling - Black Swedish I think??? (escaped domestic)

 

[GJH]

The duck version of a feral pigeon, at a guess.

Not related to me though.....

That's what they all quack.

 

[Speve]

Think it's probably a cross of tufted duck and some other there are lots of variants.

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[DuxDeluxe]

That's what they all quack.

It is well known that mallards have particularly low moral standards....

 

[Janine]

Done a bit of googling - Black Swedish I think??? (escaped domestic)

You can blame that on Brexit, I'm sure!

 

[Speve]

@CWH you could be right!

 

[Bailey58]

It's an Argentinian Racing Pigeon.

 

[Speve]

It's an Argentinian Racing Pigeon.

Could be an Oyster Catcher?

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[Derbyshire wanderer]

It's a racing pidgeon

 

[movan]

It's a racing pidgeon

That was funny.

 

[DBK]

I'm sure you're right about it's Scandinavian ancestry, more info here: http://domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/swedish.html

 

[rangi]

You can blame that on Brexit, I'm sure!

Yah! double like

 

[kcy]

I'm with khizzle on this one, we have loads of variations on the duck theme round here, they come in all colours shapes and sizes, hienz 57.

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[CWH]

I'm sure you're right about it's Scandinavian ancestry, more info here: http://domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/swedish.html

That's interesting, I first thought Blue Swedish then got a link to Black, but your link says this is just an unstable blue! Love that! but the 'splashed' description clinches it I think.
So these 3 appear to be 'rejects' and were maybe thrown out of a show breeder's flock?
Thanks for the link John, it's really helpful.

 

[DBK]

That's interesting, I first thought Blue Swedish then got a link to Black, but your link says this is just an unstable blue! Love that! but the 'splashed' description clinches it I think.
So these 3 appear to be 'rejects' and were maybe thrown out of a show breeder's flock?
Thanks for the link John, it's really helpful.

This is how they look best:
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[movan]

This is how they look best:
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he's lost his head!!