Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
Every now and again I come across a smart hybrid duck and maybe it is worth having a thread to draw together sightings and photos.
Craig Howat and I found this one at Rutland Water yesterday - seems fairly obviously a male Pochard x Red-crested Pochard unless anyone has any other ideas. It is Craig's photo.
Nearby there is a probable Eurasian x American Wigeon but no photo yet: it has the eye patch green with the creamy yellow of the face curving round below the green. Otherwise like a male Eurasian.
Steve
Craig Howat and I found this one at Rutland Water yesterday - seems fairly obviously a male Pochard x Red-crested Pochard unless anyone has any other ideas. It is Craig's photo.
Nearby there is a probable Eurasian x American Wigeon but no photo yet: it has the eye patch green with the creamy yellow of the face curving round below the green. Otherwise like a male Eurasian.
Steve
