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ID Ducks /Germany (1 Viewer)

McHeath

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I'm really bad with ducks, can anyone help?

1 and 2 are different birds, but maybe same species? It's the white triangular wing pattern which is puzzling me, I can't find anything approaching it anywhere.
3: Shoveler?

Habitat: nature reserve Karower Teiche in Brandenburg, NE Germany. 4 biggish ponds/lakes with extensive reed beds in between.

Sorry for the quality, but all the birds were a long way off. The photos haven't been cropped or edited in any way. The time of day was 13:00, the sun was high and coming from behind my right shoulder.

Camera: Lumix FZ300
 

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Hello,
1 is difficult, harsh light and low resolution together with artefacts (no offense as always), but I see a male Gadwall. But difficult to be sure, at least for me.
2 is a female Gadwall by shape, orange bill (right colour) and grey face/cheeks with the right eye-stripe resulting in a Gadwall-jizz face. With a little bit of whishful thinking, the white patch in the wing is there.
3 is a Shoveler, like you said, right bill shape is just visible. Its an eclipse male by blackish bill and yellow eye
 
Thank you Alexander! I was wondering about Gadwall, but was put off by the wings, which I suppose were a trick of the light. I'll book them as Gadwall then, they're often seen at that location. Thanks again for your help!

Andrew
 
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