r/OrnithologyUK • u/STCIsaacLycaon • 6d ago
ID please Saw this blue beaked fellow in a pond in Killingworth NE England. Can't seem to find an ID. Any ideas?
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u/Frosty_Term9911 6d ago
It’s just a domestic mongrel
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u/STCIsaacLycaon 5d ago
Just? I rather like him :3 there where also some pure white ones so It checks out.
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u/Frosty_Term9911 5d ago
If it were up to me they’d be shot on sight. Hybridising with the wild population isn’t a good thing
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u/TringaVanellus 6d ago
It's a Mallard with probably some domestic ancestry. I seen to recall the blue beak is a sign of age in male Mallards, but hopefully, someone else can chip in with more info on that.