The Tames, just by Sandford Lock and downstream of Oxford. It's early on a a summer morning, so early that the ducks are still sleeping. Thee handsom

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The Tames, just by Sandford Lock and downstream of Oxford. It's early on a a summer morning, so early that the ducks are still sleeping. Thee handsome fellows are Mallards - males, of course, as you can tell from their iridescent blue-green heads. So, no surprise,

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