Diving mallard (1 Viewer)

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Ant

North Wales birder

• Apr 3, 2006

• #1

hi all,

The other day (saturday), I was watching a mallard diving, is this unusual as ive never seen it before?

thanks,

 

R

Ross Hunter

The two things that matter in life are the 2 B's B

• Apr 3, 2006

• #2

I have seen mallards diving at my local pond they had about 12 duckling last year but what do you mean by diving as in going full body under the water or just the head under
On the subject of ducks i saw geese flying over my head yesterday a great site they wer flying very low i think they wer pink footed geese but couldnt be sure and the ducks i have seen them flying lots of times and on the way to the inch(park) i saw them young ones i could tell by the white chest

 

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Ant

North Wales birder

• Apr 3, 2006

• #3

Diving underwater for about 15-30 seconds.

 

tom24

Well-known member

• Apr 3, 2006

• #4

Normal part of feeding behaviour,though not commonly seen.
Tom.

 

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Ant

North Wales birder

• Apr 3, 2006

• #5

tom24 said:

Normal part of feeding behaviour,though not commonly seen.
Tom.

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thanks, that explains why i'd never seen it before.