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White Duck ID UK (1 Viewer)

robski

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I have asked many people for years as to what these ducks are called and it seems to stump just about everybody. Normally you always find one on a lake with the mallards. Searching the web I came across a reference naming them as white mallard. What has made me inquired again this year is that I am seeing them in greater numbers. On my local lake a group of three have appeared 2 white and 1 brown and they seem to keep separate to the mallards. The attached is a group of 5 from another nearby lake. Can any duck expert put me out of my misery ?
 

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They're domestic mallards, probably Pekins or Aylsbury x Pekin crossbreeds of the kind raised for meat. Pure Aylsburys are said to have pink not yellow or orange beaks.
 
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