1st Summer Male or Female ?
Yes,Bluetail,I got into a bit of a pickle.I posted the message and then realised I had forgotten the pic,so went to edit,then attachment,but everything then went onto hold for at least 15mins,and I could only delete half the thread ,so could not even start from scratch:h?: .Anyway,when checking the Id for this duck,Red Breasted Merganser,I noticed that the pics of the first summer male looked very similiar to my pic,albeit the wing feathers at the top had the faint black markings,but this bird was sat on the mound of grass in the water whils't her?his mate swam around in the river,and he did look like a male.
Anway ,hopefully this time here is the pic,if not i did submit it to the gallery yesterday,but did not say which sex.
Thanks,Christine.