(English version below)
In un punto particolarmente panoramico del fiume Aura, non lontano da Turku e quindi nella Finlandia del sud, ma continentale, abbiamo visto dei vispi Germani reali in un giorno di pieno inverno, con parecchia neve e -9 gradi C.
Cio’ significa che anche loro talvolta decidono di rimanere in Finlandia, di non migrare, convinti che troveranno cibo nei punti dei fiumi/laghi che non gelano.


Ne abbiamo visti anche sotto i pontili della bella Naantali, e qui siamo sul mare.

Brave Mallards.
In a particularly panoramic place along the Aura river, not far from Turku and therefore in southern but continental Finland, we saw some lively Mallards on a winter day with a lot of snow and -9 degrees C.
This means that some of them sometimes decide to stay in Finland, not to migrate, believing that they will find food in those special spots where rivers/lakes do not freeze.
We found some Mallards under the boardwalks of pretty Naantali too, along the sea bank.
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We have a large resident flock of mallards that stay all year, too. Our temperatures throughout the winter are usually above 0C although last month we had a terrible cold snap that lasted about 5 days (lows of -20C). The ducks were provided with some grain to get them through though.
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This winter has been particularly cold here, even now it is -19. But of course not all winters are as harsh. Mallards are the only ducks who bravely stay (in small groups), anyway.
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Ma quanto adoro tutto questo Luisella
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I like the first shot. That bridge seems bit of an overkill though. I mean; it´s just a small creek.
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Très belles photos. Bonne journée
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Actually it is a normally large bridge and there is a nice country road leading to a Manor House. In the vicinity an old power station too. In my shot I concentrated on the ducks and left the panorama out. Sori.
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Mi fa piacere. 😊 👋😉
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Bonne journée et merci. 👋😊
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As long as there is some open water, mallards will be present in winter times 😉
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…it good that they had their down swimsuits on. Tkae care and stay warm and well.
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Belle foto!
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They certainly are hardy ducks! We have quite a few that remain here all year as well. Nice photos 😊
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Beautiful photos of snow! snow and -9 degrees C is cool… stay warm. 🙂
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Devono avere un buon isolamento per stare al caldo.
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as long as they have open water
have a nice weekend
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sembra proprio che il freddo gli faccia un baffo, 😁😁😁 buon week end 👍😉
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Stockenten. Wie nett 🦆
Die häufigsten Enten hier glaube ich.
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Ma che spettacolo!!!
La Natura riesce sempre a stupire.
GRAZIE!
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Vero. È straordinaria. Grazie Claudia. 😊
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Vielleicht auch hier. Danke. 🦆
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Davvero…😃 Buon weekend anche a te Max e grazie!
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Thanks. The same to you Willy!
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Un buon equipaggiamento. 😉😃
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Yes, cool indeed. Thank you. 😊🦆
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Thanks. They are nice to meet on winter days.
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Grazie Filipa. 😊🦆
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Thanks. Happy weekend, Tom!
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True. It is just nice to see them. 🦆
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Qui nessun uccello visibile perché nevica, ma appena esce un raggio di sole subito arrivano i cinguettii.
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Goditi la nevicata! 🙂
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❤
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Dabbling ducks like mallards only need open water to survive. There seems to be enough of that in the place where you took the photos.
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Beautiful photos with the light and the ducks dabbling.
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Thank you. 😊
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