Teal Duck

[leeperry]

Not a regular occurrence seeing a Teal on my local pond.

[Trev B]

Nice shot Gary, but there seems something odd about it, colouring. Is this a Teal as Anas crecca or a sub species. Or perhaps its going through a moult

[leeperry]

Nice shot Gary, but there seems something odd about it, colouring. Is this a Teal as Anas crecca or a sub species. Or perhaps its going through a moult

Thanks Trev
It is not looking it's best due to it moulting

[Trev B]

Thanks Trev
It is not looking it's best due to it moulting

Thought that might be the case

[Bill53]

Nice capture.

Bill.

[Colin W]

Great photo well done.

[antoeknee]

Hmm, something strange here. Size and shape of this duck defo wrong for teal also moulting or not colouring is wrong too. Particularly note colouring in the tail area.

To me this looks like some strange mallard hybrid.

[antoeknee]

Done a bit of research and this looks typical of mallard cross with gadwall

[antoeknee]

image

[leeperry]

Thanks guys for commenting and correct identification.
I took the image below 11 months ago on the same pond, is this hybrid or teal
Teal or Hybrid by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

[antoeknee]

That defo looks like a teal. Shape and colouring are correct. Again note colouring in the area of the tail. Speckled breast and yellow line round areas of colour on the head. Probably a notable size differences too.

[Daisy M]

Looks the same bird to me Gary?