On the Peak Forest Canal in Marple Greater Manchester on a warm sunny day a female mallard duck (Anus platyrhnchos) tries to eat a small fish.
On the Peak Forest Canal in Marple Greater Manchester on a warm sunny day a female mallard duck (Anus platyrhnchos) tries to eat a small fish. Though ducks are mainly eaters of grass and vegetation they will occasionally take small fish, though this one may be just too big as the duck was struggling to get it down. The date is the
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Location: Peak Forest Canal Marple Greater Manchester England
Photo credit: © Colin Wareing / Alamy / Afripics
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