Quite a few Mallard hybrids, but that's not surprising after reading the paper
on Mallard hybridisation!
I haven't seen any Mandarin ducks yet. Plenty of geese and swans and
identifying the geese is a challenge. I just saw a couple of flocks of Canada
Geese.
Cheers
David
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> On 31 Jul 2014, at 10:54 am, Daniel Nuijten <> wrote:
>
> They can be feral domestic ducks as well, but those are interbreeding freely
> with mallards. Did you see any manderin ducks? The males should still be in
> full plumage.
>
>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:41 AM, David Clark <>
>> wrote:
>> Thanks Daniel
>>
>> These ducks all had the same appearance and were not quite as common as the
>> Mallards. I saw them at close quarters in Bruges but they were also present
>> in good numbers on the wetlands north of Antwerp.
>>
>> Perhaps they are feral domestic ducks.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> David
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 31 Jul 2014, at 10:29 am, Daniel Nuijten <> wrote:
>>>
>>> In Belgium you will find a lot of mallard x domestic hybrids. Especially in
>>> Brussels these are more common then the wild form Mallard.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:24 AM, David Clark <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I have seen quite a few ducks of similar appearance that are not in my
>>>> Birds of Northern Europe and Waterfowl apps.
>>>>
>>>> They are Mallard sized, a dark, chocolate brown colour with white breasts.
>>>> The bill is the same shape and colour as a Mallard.
>>>>
>>>> Are they a Mallard hybrid?
>>>>
>>>> It has been interesting to see several Black Swans.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
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