The Common Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna – is a large colourful duck, basically white but with a dark green head and neck, a chestnut belly stripe, black wing stripes and a red bill. They eat small shellfish, aquatic snails, small fish, worms and plant matter. Mating for life, they choose nesting sites in cavities, hollow trees or abandoned rabbit burrows. The chicks leave the nest soon after hatching so this cute little fluffy one could be only a few days old. Seen at Martin Mere Wetlands.

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