CAMBRIDGESHIRE BIRD CLUB GALLERY: Cape Shelduck

Friday, July 24, 2015

Cape Shelduck

Drake Cape Shelduck, Fowlmere RSPB, 24th July 2015 © Doug Radford

'Can anyone confirm the i.d. of this duck? I posted it on Birdguides this morning as a juvenile ruddy shelduck, but now I think it is a male Cape shelduck Tadorna cana.' DR
Now confirmed as drake Cape Shelduck. ED

1 comment:

Doug said...: Thanks to Ade Cooper and Mark Hawkes for helping with the identification.; 12:03 PM

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