Wood Duck in Salisbury 14th April. (1 Viewer)

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Roger Clark

New member

• Apr 15, 2004

• #1

Looking at three "Mallards" on small bit of river
near the Cathedral I realised one was a Wood Duck
not a Mandarin as first thought. Could this be an
escapee or vagrant. Anyone else seen it?. It was a
male with the red eye , reddish chest and white bits
around the eyes !!

 

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helenol

Well-known member

• Apr 15, 2004

• #2

Hello Roger, welcome to the Bird Forum.

I'm sure someone will be along soon to answer your question. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the forum as much as we all do.

Regards

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Apr 15, 2004

• #3

Hi Roger,

Welcome to BirdForum!

It'll be an escape, they're popular ornamental birds, with hundreds kept in parks and gardens around the country, and escapes turn up quite frequently. I had one up here last year on my local park lake.

Michael

 

Reader

Well-known member

• Apr 15, 2004

• #4

Hi Roger

I agree with Michael. I have had them in a few places even on the river Kennet, near Theale, when I was fishing. It's safe to consider these all as escapees.

 

robinm

Registered User

• Apr 15, 2004

• #5

Hi Roger,

May I wish you a warm welcome to Birdforum from all the Admin, Staff and Moderators. I hope you enjoy your time with us - it can be very addictive.

That's 3 votes for escapee. Great looking bird though.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Apr 15, 2004

• #6

Don't worry about it being an escape, it is still a great bird to see. I saw some in Taunton and thought they were wonderful birds!

(Before anyone asks, no I didn't tick them)