Garganey, or just an odd female Mallard?

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25 Sep 2023 07:58 #7694 by Nick Coulbeck
Replied by Nick Coulbeck on topic Garganey, or just an odd female Mallard?
Thanks Pete. I suspected as much, it was just because it stood out from the other females. I thought the bill was too Mallardy, it was the chin and eye stripe that had me second guessing. 
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24 Sep 2023 22:42 #7691 by Pete Locking
Replied by Pete Locking on topic Garganey, or just an odd female Mallard?
Looks like Mallard to me Nick. I see what you mean with the eye stripe and light chin, but the bill and lack of white spot at the base of the bill points to Mallard. Joy's photo earlier in the month has the droopy grey bill and the white spot. 

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24 Sep 2023 15:39 #7688 by Nick Coulbeck
Garganey, or just an odd female Mallard? was created by Nick Coulbeck
Walking down the River Freshney at the Holt area near Great Coates, I came across this duck with a small mixed Mallard flock. It stood out from all the other females because of it's prominent eye stripe and lack of blue green underwing. Is it possibly a Garganey... or a Garllard.. or maybe just a juvenile Mallard?
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