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Male red-crested pochards  Geotagged,Netta rufina,Pochard,Red-crested,Red-crested pochard,United Kingdom,Winter,wildfowl Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. They have amazing heads, its almost as if they are drawn. Beautiful! Posted 10 years ago
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The red-crested pochard is a large diving duck. Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa.

Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
Species identified by Rodney Yates
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By Rodney Yates

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Uploaded Mar 28, 2015. Captured Feb 24, 2015 15:31 in 21 Bowden Avenue, Bestwood Village, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG6 8XN, UK.
  • PENTAX K-r
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO800
  • 240mm