Saw some ducks at the park today. I've been trying to identify them, with no success.
They're definitely winter visitors as we've never seen them before.
Smallish, built a bit like a tufted duck, compact body. Looked quite cute.
Light grey body.
Brown cap on head. The whole head wasn't brown.
Ordinary eye colour, not like a goldeneye.
There was a flock of them, so not a hybrid. No tufty bits or obvious bright markings.
They were a bit nervous and wouldn't come out to feed whilst we were there with the mallards.
Does this sound like any type of duck you know? We're in the NE of England and it was at a country park.