Terry P Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Had an invite to a mates flight pond tonight, it turned out to be a unbelieveable flight as we counted 27 duck in alas all 27 were Manderine , I have never even seen one in the wild before,beautiful birds to look at but a waste of barley for my mate. We fired a couple of shots to try and scare them off, I can only hope for his sake they move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 We get a lot down this way. Last season there over 40 using a lake on one of the estates I pick up on. Most weeks if I do an inland flight I see one or two. Luckily they are quite vocal as they arrive giving away their identity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Can you not shoot them ? are they migratory or have they been released or escaped and then bread? I cant say I have ever seen one. I am going to google them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry P Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) We get a lot down this way. Last season there over 40 using a lake on one of the estates I pick up on. Most weeks if I do an inland flight I see one or two. Luckily they are quite vocal as they arrive giving away their identity I guess they must be spreading, its a strange little noise they make, my mate reckons the pond used to be good for mallard until the mandarin turned up, but I would have thought mallard being larger would not have been bullied. Perhaps one day they will be on the species list. Can you not shoot them ? are they migratory or have they been released or escaped and then bread? I cant say I have ever seen one. I am going to google them now. Not allowed to shoot them BBL, I would have thought they have spread to the area from birds that have at sometime in the past escaped from private collections. Edited November 25, 2012 by Terry P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for that Terry, I just found them on Google and below is an extract from the BBC Nature wep pages. A very nice looking bird though Mandarin ducks in Britain are the descendants of captive-bred ducks which escaped or were deliberately released. Mandarins are one of the few duck species which are not hunted for food - apparently they taste really bad! Edited November 25, 2012 by big bad lindz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve0146 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 There is a few on the river near me in Devon. They bred last and had big broods. Not sure they are enough of a problem to add to the general license yet though. Not in my area anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Its thought that there are more mandarins in the UK than there are left in their Native China where they are endangered. So I can t see them going on the shooting list . I wish we had more here in Norfolk where they are rare. Great little ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestcontrol1 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I shot a little flight pond some years back were a mate was keepering and there was loads coming in we could"t count them so we sat away from the pond the next night and counted 40+ going in very nice looking duck. but iv never see any in yorkshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I shot a little flight pond some years back were a mate was keepering and there was loads coming in we could"t count them so we sat away from the pond the next night and counted 40+ going in very nice looking duck. but iv never see any in yorkshire got some coming to our flight pond at the moment the pond is on the border of south yorkshire/ notts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Cracking looking drakes , here is one that came to us while we were Carping early on this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) We have strarted seeing a few of these on the local canal along with the Mandarins, another stunning duck. I know them as north carolina tree ducks but also called wood ducks. http://www.randyfind...2643/e20335f43" Edited November 26, 2012 by silver pigeon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I used to see a few Carolinas along the the Bristol Avon but haven't seem them for a couple of seasons now. I don't think they have ever built up the numbers that the Mandarin has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve0146 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 There used to be wood ducks in with the normal cross breeds in the middle of Salisbury. Not sure if they are still there as have not been for a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestcontrol1 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 got some coming to our flight pond at the moment the pond is on the border of south yorkshire/ notts There getting closer they are nice to see but you dont want many coming into a flight pond an eating all the grub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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