flight ponds

[michael68]

Just a question about what types of duck do you Get onto you flight pond.do you only Getty mallard teals and widgeons . Thanks

Or do you even get divers as well like tufteds, garganeys pintails and shovelers

[strangford wildfowler]

My dad used to shoot a pond and he said you coulda shot all types of duck on it mallards, teal, wigeon, shoveler, gadwalls, tuffs a few pintail.

 

But they mainly shot mallards and he said the shoveler where always good sport on it.

 

Looking to get a new flight pond before the season starts.

[Konnie]

depends what is in the area to attract them by which I mean habitat features, a flight pond near the coast will be mainly

foreshore dabblers, one near the ouse washes if deep enough will attract divers but remember I would think the 3 most common

are the dabblers mentioned mallard. teal ,wigeon feed is a thing that can alter this without doubt

[Tadorna]

Just a question about what types of duck do you Get onto you flight pond.do you only Getty mallard teals and widgeons . Thanks

Or do you even get divers as well like tufteds, garganeys pintails and shovelers

pintail, shovellers and garganey are not divers. garganey are summer visitors so unlikely to feature in your bag return

[Chad63]

Let's hope Gargany don't feature in his bag return.........

[pontbeck]

Last year our figures off the ponds were

121 Mallard

32 Widgeon

83 Teal

6 Gadwall

3 Shoveler

1 Pintail

2 Tufted

12 Canada geese

[Tadorna]

Let's hope Gargany don't feature in his bag return.........

Precisely

[kent]

No fixed rules, its down to habitat. Make it and they will come! Even duck rarely seen off the saltmarsh fringes can turn up inland but they obviously have to find it on their migration route or similar.

 

I think the best ponds give a range of depths and hence feeding opportunities to a bigger variety of duck

[misser]

as stated above.. down to habitat, disturbance, not overshooting and a bit of feed....if these are done correctly think you'd be surprised what would visit......