One of the most jazzy birds in the UK is the mandarin duck, Aix galericulata. The males of this petite duck are covered in bold splashes of green, blue, purple and orange with a vibrantly red bill.

The mandarin duck is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic ... flying all the way from Africa to the UK ...

A mother Mandarin duck shows her babies how to take their first flight out of the safety of the nest. The ducks show courage and one-by-one, they learn how to flap their wings and land safely on ...

It also resulted in a characteristic unglazed rim, covered here with a band of copper. A pair of mandarin ducks is one of the most frequent symbols of happy marriage in China because these ducks ...