Know Your Ducks by Jack Byard. Paperback, 104 x 155mm (landscape), 96 pages inc. 44 photographs. ISBN: 978-1-906853-82-2. Now in stock at Old Pond at £4.99.
Jack Byard’s eighth book in the popular 'Know Your…' series covers 44 breeds of duck ranging from those which you are likely to see on your local pond to a few which are extremely rare. Some are native British breeds while others come from a little further afield. If you look closely you can see all of the breeds domesticated in Britain today.
Know Your Ducks is designed for the novice enthusiast of any age. For each breed the right-hand page is dedicated to a quality picture of the breed accompanied by a description of its appearance. On the facing page is a concise description of the breed’s origins and its history. For many for the breeds Jack gives a description of their personality, egg-laying and flying abilities and how they are best kept.
Breeds included
Abacot Ranger - African Yellow Billed - Ancona - Australian Spotted - Aylesbury - Baikal Teal - Bali - Black-Bellied Whistling - Black East Indian - Bronze Winged - Call - Campbell - Carolina - Cayuga - Chiloe Wigeon - Eider - Gadwall - Garganey - Goldeneye - Harlequin - Indian Runner - Magpie - Mallard - Mandarin - Muscovy - Orpington - Pekin - Pintail - Red-Billed Pintail - Red-Crested Pochard - Redhead - Ringed Teal - Rosy-Billed Pochard - Rouen - Ruddy Shelduck - Saxony - Sharp-Winged Teal - Silky - Silver Appleyard - South African Shelduck - Swedish Blue - Tufted - Welsh Harlequin - White-Faced Whistling.
Such a amazing picture of the differnt types of duck . And in the pond it look so quiet. And I am a big fan of the duck.Species males are often extravagant plumage of the North, but that turns into summer to look more feminine like the eclipse plumage.
Posted by: Pond Supplies | 02/05/2011 at 01:26 PM
One of that was a mandarin duck right?
Posted by: Mandarin Learning | 03/18/2011 at 05:57 AM