The mallard is one of the most common wild ducks. The mallard is about 2 ft long. The female top has brownish feathers in the breeding season the male bottom has brightly coloured plumage. Mallard will live most anywhere near water , nesting on the ground . The females usually lay 8 to 10 dull yellow or greenish eggs.
Mallards feed chiefy on water insects and snails during early summer.
They eat mainly seeds and plants the rest of the year. A lot of people from the town go to the Mall to feed the ducks. They bring bread for the ducks. I live in Harbour Row in the center of Longford town. The reason it's called Harbour Row is because once there was a canal harbour where the swimming pool is now.