Day 092/22. I found one.... A Mandarin Duck

It's been a while since I photographed one of these spectacular ducks. This one was on a small pond in the New Forest this afternoon.
The mandarin duck was introduced from the Far East, where it can still be found in China, Japan, Korea and parts of Russia. It escaped, or was deliberately released, from captivity in the UK where it is now breeding. Mandarin ducks are actually quite shy birds, often hiding beneath overhanging willows and usually only forming small flocks.
Oddly for a duck, it nests in trees, sometimes high above the water.

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