Mallard

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos Stokkönd

Mallard occurred on all surveys but were generally observed in low numbers (< 30). A peak of 106 birds was recorded in late June. Mallards were recorded feeding and roosting in all of the subsites during low tide and rising tide surveys but were most commonly recorded in Grjóteyrarklakkur (Est 1) and Kistufjörđur (Est 2). There were c. 20 Mallard present during the last surveys in late October.

Number of Individuals 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Low-tide Rising-tide

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Figure 3-31. Number of Anas platyrhynchos recorded during weekly low tide and rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017.

Figure 3-32. Relative abundance of Anas platyrhynchos during weekly (a) low tide and (b) rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017. Dots are randomly positioned within each subsite. While each dot refers to a single bird, it refers to the bird’s presence in that subsite only, and not the bird’s actual location.

(a) Low tide (b) Rising tide