Rare Duck

[Radioham]

Hi

This is a duck that I see while fishing at a lake Near ST Ives Cambridge, I was told it was a Red Crested Pochard Quiet Rare in the UK

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.bates590/Red-crested%20Pochard.jpg

[Reigh Higgins]

Absolutely beautiful !

[einsteinsauntie]

Lovely photo of a lovely duck. It looks as though the wing has been clipped but that wouldn't seem likely on a rare, wild duck.

[PhotosGuy]

He's a Royal looking fellow, isn't he! ;-)

[weemannie]

Lovely shot. :)

Red Crested Pochard is a regular vagrant in the UK, about 10-50 records per year. The problem is that it is also popular in bird collections, so there are inevitably escapes

[Radioham]

Back again,

Don’t know if this duck was wild or tame, but i've never seen this type of duck before, it took a phone call to the R.S.G.B to find out what Species it was, All the same it’s a lovely looking bird