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The
Teal
Teal or Anas Crecca are small dabbling ducks that are not too numerous
in the South of the U.K. but mostly found in the North and West of
the U.K.
The male Teal is recognised quite well by its green patches over its
eyes but the female has none. The males have chestnut coloured heads
with spotted chests, grey flanks and a black edged yellow tail, while
the females are just mottled brown. Both show bright green wing patches
in flight.
In the winter Teal tend to congregate in low-lying wetlands in the
South and West of the U.K. in the summer they live in Northern Scotland.
Their nests, while breeding, are on the ground in thick cover adjacent
to shallow pools and ponds. In the winter they live on estuaries and
coastal lagoons or inland on wetlands that offer cover and shallow
water.
The male Teal usually sounds like a characteristic plaintive soft
whistle, a “Prip prip”, while the females quack. They
usually just eat shrubs, seeds and small invertebrates. You can see
them all year round, but more plentiful around the time of winter. |
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