Mandarin Duck

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Wooded ponds, sluggish rivers.
Diet: Acorns, seeds, insects.
Best time to spot: Male is the gaudiest UK duck.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Mandarin Duck. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.