 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Male. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 27th 2011. Male. Taken at Farmoor, Oxon., on March 27th 2011. (1/200th sec at f16. Click image for larger version . © David Hastings)  Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Female. Taken at the Oxford University Parks on November 12th 2008. Female. Taken at the Oxford University Parks on November 12th 2008. (1/320th sec at f8. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) Description L: 50 - 60 cm; WS: 81 - 95 cm The Mallard is a very common species in the UK and Europe. The male's breeding plumage, with its metallic green head and blue speculum, is distinctive. Adult females are mostly brown; the blue speculum is diagnostic. It is found throughout the UK, although it is scarcer in upland areas. It will breed on more or less any sort of body of water, and can use a variery of nest sites. Many Mallards that breed in Iceland and northern Europe are winter visitors to the UK The UK breeding population is between 50000 and 127000 pairs. Sightings | 16-Dec-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (1) | | 09-Dec-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 30-Nov-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 22-Nov-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 12-Nov-2018 | : | Extremadura, Spain | | | 31-Oct-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 20-Oct-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 16-Oct-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 10-Oct-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 07-Oct-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 30-Sep-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 24-Sep-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 13-Sep-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 09-Sep-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 06-Sep-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 02-Sep-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 30-Aug-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 28-Aug-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Aug-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 19-Aug-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 16-Aug-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 12-Aug-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 26-Jun-2018 | : | Leighton Moss, Lancashire | | | 18-Jun-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 09-Jun-2018 | : | Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk | | | 08-Jun-2018 | : | Barnwell Country Park, Northants | | | 06-Jun-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 02-Jun-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 02-Jun-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 24-May-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 18-May-2018 | : | Barton Fields, Abingdon, Oxon | (5) | | 15-May-2018 | : | Cholsey Marsh, Oxon | (12) | | 13-May-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (30+) | | 11-May-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (36+) | | 09-May-2018 | : | Whelford Pools, Glos | (3) | | 05-May-2018 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (2) | | 04-May-2018 | : | Cors y Llyn NNR, Powys | (1) | | 04-May-2018 | : | Elan Valley, Powys | (1) | | 01-May-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 28-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 22-Apr-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) | | 19-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 16-Apr-2018 | : | Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon | (4) | | 15-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 10-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 05-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Apr-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 01-Apr-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 29-Mar-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 26-Mar-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 25-Mar-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) | | 21-Mar-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 12-Mar-2018 | : | Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | (2) | | 06-Mar-2018 | : | Baulking, Oxon | (8) | | 04-Mar-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 24-Feb-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 23-Feb-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) | | 15-Feb-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (3) | | 12-Feb-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (2) | | 05-Feb-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 28-Jan-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Jan-2018 | : | University Parks, Oxford, Oxon | | | 18-Jan-2018 | : | Slimbridge, Glos | | | 17-Jan-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 15-Jan-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 07-Jan-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 06-Jan-2018 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Jan-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | |
| | 30-Dec-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 26-Dec-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 18-Dec-2017 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (4) | | 16-Dec-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 04-Dec-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 23-Nov-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 19-Nov-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 16-Nov-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 31-Oct-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 19-Oct-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Oct-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 12-Sep-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 05-Sep-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 31-Aug-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 27-Aug-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 26-Aug-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 20-Aug-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Aug-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 01-Aug-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 06-Jun-2017 | : | Plitvicka Jezera National Park, Croatia | | | 18-Apr-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 22-Jan-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (4) | | 21-Jan-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | | 02-Jan-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | |
| | 28-Dec-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 03-Dec-2016 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 13-Nov-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 06-Nov-2016 | : | Barbate, Spain | (4) | | 23-Oct-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 02-Oct-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 18-Sep-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 11-Sep-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 04-Sep-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 28-Aug-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 19-Aug-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 13-Aug-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 04-Jul-2016 | : | Leighton Moss, Lancashire | | | 27-Mar-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Mar-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 13-Mar-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 06-Mar-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Feb-2016 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 21-Feb-2016 | : | Rushy Common, Oxon | | | 07-Feb-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 23-Jan-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 07-Jan-2016 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 04-Jan-2016 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | |
| | 28-Dec-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 06-Dec-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 28-Nov-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 22-Nov-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 12-Nov-2015 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 01-Nov-2015 | : | Baulking, Oxon | | | 22-Oct-2015 | : | Snettisham, Norfolk | | | 18-Oct-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 09-Oct-2015 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 04-Oct-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 27-Sep-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 12-Sep-2015 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 07-Sep-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 06-Sep-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 30-Aug-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 02-Aug-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 10-May-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 09-May-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-May-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 28-Apr-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 19-Apr-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 16-Apr-2015 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 12-Apr-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 10-Apr-2015 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 09-Apr-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 06-Apr-2015 | : | Stratfield Brake, Oxon | | | 05-Apr-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 25-Mar-2015 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 22-Mar-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (4) | | 08-Mar-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 22-Feb-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 18-Feb-2015 | : | University Parks, Oxford, Oxon | | | 08-Feb-2015 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 02-Feb-2015 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 01-Feb-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 17-Jan-2015 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 11-Jan-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 02-Jan-2015 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | |
| | 13-Dec-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 06-Dec-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 29-Nov-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 09-Nov-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 01-Nov-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 27-Oct-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 19-Oct-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 17-Oct-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 28-Sep-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 21-Sep-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 13-Sep-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 10-Sep-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 31-Aug-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 29-Aug-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 28-Aug-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 17-Aug-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Aug-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 01-Aug-2014 | : | Leighton Moss, Lancashire | | | 31-Jul-2014 | : | Leighton Moss, Lancashire | | | 20-Jul-2014 | : | Calvert Jubilee, Oxon | | | 19-Jul-2014 | : | Marston Meadows, Oxon | | | 30-Jun-2014 | : | Tophill Low, E. Yorks | | | 06-Jun-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | (2) | | 25-May-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 24-May-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 15-May-2014 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 11-May-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 08-May-2014 | : | Newport, Pembrokeshire | | | 06-May-2014 | : | Skomer, Pembrokeshire | | | 05-May-2014 | : | Tregaron Bog, Ceredigion | (5) | | 04-May-2014 | : | Teifi Estuary, Ceredigion | | | 27-Apr-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 17-Apr-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 12-Apr-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 03-Apr-2014 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 30-Mar-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 24-Mar-2014 | : | Port Meadow, Oxford, Oxon | | | 23-Mar-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 19-Mar-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | | | 19-Mar-2014 | : | Marston Meadows, Oxon | (7) | | 15-Mar-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 08-Mar-2014 | : | Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon | (3) | | 01-Mar-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 22-Feb-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | | | 20-Feb-2014 | : | University Parks, Oxford, Oxon | | | 02-Feb-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (12) | | 19-Jan-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 12-Jan-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 05-Jan-2014 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | | 03-Jan-2014 | : | Hinksey Lake, Oxford, Oxon | (2) | | 02-Jan-2014 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (20+) |
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