Red-Crested Pochard
Netta rufina
Escaped birds sometimes bred in England from 60 years ago but recently records have increased greatly. Two or three dozen pairs now reported mainly round the Cotswold Water Park (Glos./Wilts) and near Pensthorpe (Norfolk).
Ogilvie, M.A. & RBBP 1999 British Birds: 92, 176-182 & 472-476.
From The State of the Nations Birds
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