Ruddy Shelduck (BOU Category BDE)

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

Very scarce. Birds are recorded in most years, mostly in late summer and early autumn. Most if not all are assumed to come from feral stock in the Netherlands where it is a Category C species. British records since 1949 currently of uncertain status. LBRC/ RBBP

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