Colourful and instantly recognisable diving ducks, red-crested pochards are present in the UK in small numbers, believed to have initially been introduced into the wild from private wildfowl ...

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Males have a pale grey body with black on the breast and stern, a bright chestnut head with red eye, and a black bill with a blue-grey band across it. Female pochards aren't as brightly coloured as ...

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In the UK, females are most likely to be confused with female Pochard and Scaup. American birdwatchers should ... Tufted Ducks are a ‘Least Concern’ species on the IUCN Red List and have a green ...

This attracts bird life, from purple herons to red-crested pochards and the rare purple gallinule, a relative of the moorhen.

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This striking duck was introduced to the UK and is now established as a breeding bird in England. The red-crested pochard is naturally found in a wide range extending from southern and central Europe ...

Larger than a Pochard, the male has an orange-brown head with a red beak and pale flanks (lower sides). Females are brown with pale cheeks. In flight, they show whitish underwings. They dive, dabble ...