This duck was being harried by crows on the river Jehlum in Kashmir today. Seems to me to be a Common Merganser.
http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown96.jpg
ID confirmation please as Grimskipp ranks it as rare for the area even though it breeds in neighbouring Ladakh.
P>S Please excuse the picture quality which is abysmal even by my usually low standards ;-)
http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown96.jpg
ID confirmation please as Grimskipp ranks it as rare for the area even though it breeds in neighbouring Ladakh.
P>S Please excuse the picture quality which is abysmal even by my usually low standards ;-)