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This 365-day project does tend to let one rediscover or even discover Aberdeen. Today found me walking along the bank of the River Don from The Old Bridge of Balgownie to the Bridge of Don on the North Bank. A path I did not know existed.

On the bank of the Island that sits in the middle of the Don West of the Bridge of Don I spotted these male and female Mallards.

The Mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a long body and a long and broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. It breeds in all parts of the UK in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats, although it is scarcer in upland areas. Mallards in the UK may be resident breeders or migrants - many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here in the UK.