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Wild Animals
Swimming Birds
Ducks seems to be a child’s favourite swimming bird and the male Mallard with its shiny green head and yellow beak appears to be the favourite. The Mallard can be seen in large ponds, lakes and canals and will often approach humans when it is looking for food. Tufted Ducks can also become quite tame, but some are quite timid like the Eider and the Mallard.
We also have the Shoveler which looks a little bit similar to the Mallard because it has a shiny dark green head, but it is different in many ways: its beak is very long and almost spactula-looking and it has a white neck, whereas the Mallard has a brown neck. The Shoveler is also mainly found in wetland or marsh land areas and it is not tame. The Water Rail can also be found in marshes as well as in dense reed beds and is a very secretive bird that is more likely to heard than seen. It can make loud pig-like squeaking sounds.
In this website we have written about 5 swimming birds and we will be writing about the Coot, Gadwall, Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Moorhen and the Pochard soon. Some of these birds are quite tame, some are secretive and some like to sleep a lot like the Pochard. All of them have their own unique personality, their own appearance and their own preferred habitat. We hope you enjoy reading about them.
Duck (Eider)
The Eider Duck is often just called the Eider and is the largest and the fastest flying duck in England. It is a sea duck that can be found around most of the coasts of
Duck (Tufted)
The Tufted Duck has its name ‘tufted’ because it has a tuft of long feathers which hang down from the back of the duck’s head. It is a diving duck that can be foun
Mallard
The Mallard is a large and heavy–looking duck that is very familiar and widespread in England. It can be found on small and large lakes, slow-flowing rivers, reservoir
Shoveler
The Shoveler has its name 'Shoveler' because it has an large spatula-like beak which it uses to sift through water and mud to find food. It is a heavy-looking du
Water Rail
The Water Rail is a very small wetland bird that can be found throughout England near rivers, on the edges of lakes and ponds and in dense reedbeds and marshes. It is a
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