Mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos). United Kingdom

Female Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) swimming, Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), stretching wings at Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mallard duck with drake (Anas platyrhynchos). UK

Female mallard duck with newly hatched ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos, on a stream in springtime at Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

Male mallard drake and female duck pair sleeping in meadow, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Female mallard duck with 14 newly hatched ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos, on a stream in springtime at Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

Female mallard duck with new ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos, strolling on garden patio in springtime at Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Female mallard duck and ducklings in stream in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Female mallard duck with new ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos, on a stream in springtime at Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Stern Park, Littleton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) several males trying to mate with one female, slimbridge, uk

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) several males trying to mate with one female, slimbridge, uk

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) female duck swimming with fifteen chicks, river thames, berkshire

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) female duck feeding upended in the water, oxfordshire, uk

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) several malse trying to mate with one female, slimbridge, uk

Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in snow on the shores of Lake Windermere, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mallard male (Anas paltyrhynchos) head shot with female headshot in foreground with reflection in early morning light on Loch Etive , Scotland

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mallard female (Anas paltyrhynchos) portrait with reflection in early morning light on Loch Etive. Scotland

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) resting on grass, Penn Common, Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female Mallard with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female mallard taking off, United Kingdom, Europe

A female mallard taking off, United Kingdom, Europe

Mallard with chicks, Anas platyrhynchos, Timmendorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Mallard duck (Anas plathyrrynchos) with duckling

Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos) female in winter, flying over reeds with hoarfrost, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Coypu and mallard duck, Myocastor coypus, Germany, Europe

Mallard duck female and young on the water -The Dombes France

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.