Wilf Powell has has come up with an idea to keep us amused over winter – a Winter Challenge.

Lots of ducks fly to Britain from colder parts of Europe to spend the winter on our lakes and ponds, joining our resident ducks. Wilf has given us some photographs of various duck species, with brief descriptions, and suggests you visit some lakes over the winter and see how many different ducks you can find.

You can find the details here, and …

… here is an identification chart featuring these photographs for you to download and print to take out with you.