This resulted in a catch of six drakes in complete moult on
Sunday, followed by six mallards (including two ducklings) and three Greylags
today. However, it also turned up somewhat of a surprise - a female Mandarin!
Which is a surprise because Mandarin’s are a rather scarce
visitor to the Lower Derwent Valley NNR, partly because the habitat isn’t quite
right and what they would normally select, and secondly the nearest and rather
small breeding population occurs about 60 km away to both the east and west. A
total of 13 records exist for the Lower Derwent Valley NNR detailing 21
individuals, 18 of which are males, with the last, a male at Wheldrake Ings on
the 27th May this year. Therefore, any Mandarin in the valley is
notable, particularly so a female.
The second surprise is that this bird was in complete wing
moult - and looking at the stage of it, it must have been present and flightless
for a couple of weeks at least. It is remarkable that it’s gone undetected on
the site for this long, only to show up in one of the traps. How many other
birds must slip through the valley (relatively well watched as it is) and it
will be interesting to see if it is seen again over the next three or four
weeks that it is likely to be present with us.
This is only the second Mandarin to be ringed in the valley following the first on 24th April 2008 - an adult drake. Unsurprisingly there have been no recoveries of the species, although one well tracked drake in the York area did give some idea of its movements in 1983 when it was seen at Wheldrake Ings on the 27th October and 12th November, followed by Castle Howard lake on the 23rd November before ‘being shot in error’ near Haxby, York, on the 26th December.
This is only the second Mandarin to be ringed in the valley following the first on 24th April 2008 - an adult drake. Unsurprisingly there have been no recoveries of the species, although one well tracked drake in the York area did give some idea of its movements in 1983 when it was seen at Wheldrake Ings on the 27th October and 12th November, followed by Castle Howard lake on the 23rd November before ‘being shot in error’ near Haxby, York, on the 26th December.
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