The male Eurasian Wigeon has a chestnut coloured head with creamy-yellow forehead and crown, silver-grey beak with black tip, a pink breast, mainly grey body with white flash along the flanks, white underparts, black rear-end, dark-green speculum, white patch on upper wings, and legs and feet are grey.
The female is mostly grey-brown and has whitish underparts.
The male in eclipse plumage is fairly similiar to the female but has a rich chestnut brown head, breast and flanks, and retains the wing pattern.
Typical Adult is 42-50cm (17-20in).
Grazes on grasses, herbs, aquatic plants, pondweed, eelgrass, algae, and seaweed.
Wetlands, marshes, lakes, wet grassland, and coastal bays in Iceland, UK, northern Europe and northern Asia. Winters further south in southern Europe, northern Africa, Middle-East, India, China, and Japan
May to June.
7 to 10 (creamy-buff colour).
River Cottage's collection of Wigeons changes regularly. Please visit us regularly to keep up-to-date with our flock
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Note: All birds are subject to availability and we reserve the right to alter prices as the market and our costs dictate. Viewing is strictly by appointment. Please contact us for futher details
