Over at St Mary's Island this morning spotted a solitary Red Crested Pochard, Can anyone enlighten me as to frequency of this visitor, as I have never seen one here before
DenBee
RCP's are almost always of doubtful origin: they are commonly kept in waterfowl collections and turn up all over the place. Green Park in London is swarming with them. No doubt truly wild birds do exist, but.....
[QUOTE=Clouseau]RCP's are almost always of doubtful origin: they are commonly kept in waterfowl collections and turn up all over the place. Green Park in London is swarming with them. No doubt truly wild birds do exist, but.....[/QUOTE]
Thanks for your quick reply not sure if escapee though, as the only Waterfowl collection that I know of is at Washington Waterfowl Park some 15 - 20 miles away South of St Mary's one will never know.
Happy Birding
DenBee