wood duck (1 Viewer)

[angjelly]

i saw a duck in falkirk, scotland, yesterday and didnt know what it was as i had never seen it before. after researching the internet i have discovered that it is an american wood duck. is this unusual?

 

[Farnboro John]

Wood Ducks are popular ornamental wildfowl and occasionally escape from captivity. For this reason they can potentially be seen anywhere in the UK. There have been colonies in the past but so far none have proved self-sustaining.

John

 

[angjelly]

thank you for that john, it was amazing to see it on the canal mingling with the mallards which is why it stood out i think. truly asight to behold.

 

[Steph538]

Awsome! We have wood ducks were I live. Not many, we normally only get a few sighting. There so beautiful!