Ferruginous Duck
The Ferruginous Duck is a medium-sized diving duck known colloquially by birders as "fudge duck". The adult male is a rich chestnut colour with a darker back and a yellow eye. The female is similar but duller and with a dark eye.
The Ferruginous Duck feeds mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants with some molluscs, aquatic insects and small fish.
The Ferruginous Duck breeds in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. They are somewhat migratory and winter farther south and into north Africa. Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. It is a gregarious bird, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as Tufted Ducks and Common Pochards.
This bird was part of the captive collection at the WWT London Wetland Centre.
Date: 7th March 2015
Location: WWT London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London
The Ferruginous Duck feeds mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants with some molluscs, aquatic insects and small fish.
The Ferruginous Duck breeds in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. They are somewhat migratory and winter farther south and into north Africa. Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. It is a gregarious bird, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as Tufted Ducks and Common Pochards.
This bird was part of the captive collection at the WWT London Wetland Centre.
Date: 7th March 2015
Location: WWT London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London
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