Wood Duck Aix sponsa

The first photos below are wild birds from North America but the rest are either presumed to have escaped from captivity or still in captivity. Captive (and therefore escaped) birds frequently show plumage abnormalities.

Wood Ducks, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (British Columbia, Canada), 8th September 2006

captive Wood Duck, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 15th October 2011

captive Wood Duck, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 4th December 2010

captive Wood Ducks, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 28th February 2009

captive Wood Duck, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 23rd December 2015

captive Wood Duck, Grange-over-Sands (Norfolk, UK), 28th December 2011

captive Wood Duck, Grange-over-Sands (Norfolk, UK), 27th December 2012

Wood Duck, Leathes Ham (Suffolk, UK), 8th April 2012

captive Wood Duck, Martin Mere (Lancashire, UK), 26th December 2014

Wood Duck, Porthloo (Scilly, UK), 3rd October 2007

Wood Duck, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 9th August 2008

Wood Duck, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 16th August 2008

Wood Duck, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 13th September 2008

Wood Duck, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 18th October 2008