Mallard (fem, des)
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.