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Psilos
Wildfowl Photography |
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) |
During the winter months this long necked,
elegant duck can be seen in their hundreds at Martinmere, after migrating
south from Iceland. Elsewhere Pintails favour coastal marshes and estuaries,
flooded grassland, lakes and reservoirs. During the summer it is a rare
and locallised breeder found mainly on moorland pools and lakes, as
well as marshes in Eastern England. Their diet consists of a variety
of aquatic vegetation and invertebrates. The female is slightly smaller
than the male. |
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Male in non breeding plumage |
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