Duck With Brown Head And Grey Body Uk
Identifying Characteristics: This fairly large duck has a long, slender orange bill with a black tip and dark eyes. Breeding males have a largely white body, a black back, and a mallard-like green head. Females and nonbreeding males sport cinnamon-colored heads and grayish-white bodies.
Due to their thin bill, Common Mergansers stand out fairly easily from most other ducks in the United. What to look for: The male pochard has a grey body, black chest and tail, and a reddish-brown head. They have a bright red eye and a black and grey bill.
The female is a darker brown, with dark eyes. They also have a black and grey bill, but with less grey than the males. This species was once common but populations are rapidly declining.
The common pochard is a handsome diving duck with a rich brown head head that glows beautifully in the sunlight. The male has a chestnut-colored head and neck, a black breast, and a pale gray body. The pintail is a large, elegant duck with a deep, heavy body, pointed wings, small head, and long neck.
The male has grey and black upperparts, a white breast, and a long black and white tail spike. The head is cinnamon coloured with a distinctive white stripe on the neck. The bill is blue-grey with a black stripe, and the legs are grey.
An elegant duck, with a small brown head, a long neck that's brown at the back and white at the front, and grey body. The black middle feathers of the tail are very long. The wigeon is a distinctive bird, particularly the males with a chestnut head, grey-brown body and pink breast.
Female wigeons are similar in appearance to female mallards, with brown. Breeds across northern Scandinavia and the Arctic tundra. Can be spotted on salt or freshwater around the UK during winter.
Long-tailed duck - male (background) and female (foreground) (Common) Goldeneye Bucephala clangula The males are mostly white with a green head, females grey with a brown head. They have a bright reddish-brown head, a black breast and tail and a pale grey body. Females are more easily confused with other species - they are brown with a greyish body and pale cheeks.
But, during the 'eclipse'. Below are a list of British Ducks that are resident breeders, and winter visitors to the UK. The Greater Scaup is the rarest breeding duck in the UK.
Click on the Duck photographs to enlarge them or if you click on the Duck's name then it will take you to another page with information, more photos, and sometimes a video of that particular Duck. The Common Teal is the smallest dabbling duck in the UK. Males have a beautiful chestnut head with a green eye patch and a speckled grey body, while females are mottled brown.