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Aythya ferina
Is a medium sized, diving duck. The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill-band. The triangular head shape is distinctive.
Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe into Asia. They are migratory, and winter in the southern and west of Europe.
We see them wintering in lakes, ponds and rivers here in Belgium. Always wary of humans and difficult to approach.
Spotted on Feb 5, 2012
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012
2 Comments
They are actually red..isn´t fanstastic?..but is only the males :-)
His eyes are red! With a flash? hahahaha (joke) waw they are very beautiful and nice picture congratulation