743-771 - Mallard drake (Anas platyrhynchos), stretching wings, Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
860-290377 - France. Hunting. The European commission has adopted in january 2021 a ban on using lead 100m around any wetland in Europe. So far in France, the ban is only 30m. In the future, the lead will be totally banned as 6000 tons of lead is put into nature by hunters every year causing death of thousands of birds (here a mallard) eating lead balls.
860-290376 - France. Hunting. The European commission has adopted in january 2021 a ban on using lead 100m around any wetland in Europe. So far in France, the ban is only 30m. In the future, the lead will be totally banned as 6000 tons of lead is put into nature by hunters every year causing death of thousands of birds (here a mallard) eating lead balls.
911-9633 - A female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in snow on the shores of Lake Windermere, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-9632 - A male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in snow on the shores of Lake Windermere, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe
743-573 - Mallard with duckling (Anas platyrhynchos), Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
743-552 - Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), stretching wings at Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe