Mallard (fem, des)

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Mallard (fem, des). 1.9.13.

Young female mallard found floating in the Aberdare canal.

On examination, there appeared to be a pellet wound through

the neck. She had no primal feathers, thus a sitting duck,

thus shot at close range from a public footpath.

Photo by James M Burton (Spooksprings) Copyright 2013.

Taken at Tirfounder Fields, Cwmbach 2013.

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