Down South Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 This little white duck was doing very well with all its family on the Lymington river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 (edited) This picture wasnt taken on a pond in or around Brixton, was it? Edited December 13, 2005 by Axe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down South Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 No whay mon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 This picture wasnt taken on a pond in or around Brixton, was it? Axe, You and I are gonna get on just fine my man pavman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppet Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Great stuff. Alot more common than I thought !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 "OK - so who nicked my watch!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 "OK - so who nicked my watch!" I would check your wallet Stuartp LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hi, That is a Call Duck. We used to keep them! FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down South Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 It is a wild duckling! They wer over half grown. The harbour master who is a shooting man watched this brood grow up. From day 1 this duck was different, all yellow and not striped like they normally are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hi, I am probably just being annoying now but mallar sometimes take over other ducks nests and eggs. They sometimes even do it with Pheasants but the Pheasant chicks struggle to keep up when they are in the water. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down South Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 FM, that might explain why I saw a cock pheasant on a beach a couple of weeks ago,he did look out of place with the sea gulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 FM, that might explain why I saw a cock pheasant on a beach a couple of weeks ago,he did look out of place with the sea gulls. I thought the Pheasents would keep well clear of the brine too DS. Went out on the foreshore with Bigdev and couldn't believe that a 100+ Pheasents flew in for the night on the saltings! LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMMY Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 True Story. Season before I came out here I got an invite to shoot pheasants on a friends shoot down near Kirkcudbright, on a peninsula of the S/West. during one of the drives I was positioned in a beautiful setting on rocks on the shore, I shot one or two nice birds and a fox was shot by next gun up. I then noticed a duck swimming in from the sea, I thought I'll crouch down this may get up an I'll get a crack at it, as it got closer I could see it was clearly not a duck more like a Coot or Water hen then as it came ashore within 10-15m of me I could see it was a hen Pheasant, it had clearly came off the drive and flew out to Sea and then swam back, this bird must have swam several hundred mtrs. My black Lab who was sitting at my side had such a look of amazement, I couldn't believe it, one of the funniest things I've ever seen!!! I never knew they could swim. Hammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Kirkcudbright, used to shoot on that foreshore myself when the geese get in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 FM, that might explain why I saw a cock pheasant on a beach a couple of weeks ago,he did look out of place with the sea gulls. Hi, Could it of been a late gull chick because Herring Gull chicks can look Pheasanty when they are young? I seems a funny time of year for a chick of any bird. But if you think that's what your saw then you probably did. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnskevena Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 This little white duck was doing very well with all its family on the Lymington river. Seen these wild white mallard a few times off a lad we get wild mallard off to restock the river near us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 i think pheasents were are actually water birds, but i may be wrong.. flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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