Mallard Anas platyryhnchos

Familiar duck of all aquatic habitats

Habitat: a wide variety of aquatic habitats from the sea to city centre ponds

Common and widespread resident

Male has bottle green head and grey body, yellow bill, black rear end; female mottled brown with orangey bill

Feeds by up-ending or dabbling

Eats aquatic vegetation, seeds, invertebrates and bread; flight strong and powerful

Nest is a lined hollow on ground

1 Brood March – July ; 10-12 creamy eggs