Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
These birds, originally from South America, are often ignored by birdwatchers. They are present and breeding in several places with flocks of more than 100 reported. Breeding recorded in 1996/97 from Devon, Northumberland, Surrey, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Nottinghamshire (and probably on a pond near you!).
Ogilvie, M.A. & RBBP 1999 British Birds: 92, 176-182 & 472-476.
From The State of the Nations Birds
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