Ruddy Duck

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Lakes (now culled, very rare).
Diet: Aquatic plants.
Best time to spot: Stiff-tailed; chestnut male.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Ruddy 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.