White Ducks- Dodder River in Ireland (1 Viewer)

[keps]

I've been walking along a familiar stretch of the Dodder River in Dublin, Ireland for many years but never before saw any white ducks.
Apparently, this pair arrived on the river last Sunday and have more or less stayed in the same spot near a waterfall since and as would be expected are getting a lot of attention.

The general opinion is that they may have 'escaped' fron a duck farm?? Any help on ID or possible origins would be greatly appreciated

White Ducks by https://www.flickr.com/photos/127669355@N03/, on Flickr

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Certainly a domestic Mallard breed.

 

[nartreb]

They are indeed a domestic breed of mallard. How long ago they, or their ancestors, escaped from a farm is not obvious. But given that both have perfectly white feathers (a recessive trait), the odds are good that they or their parents were farm-bred, unless there is a colony of white feral ducks nearby.

 

[keps]

Many thanks for the helpful replies!