Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) ducks and drakes courting near other wildfowl swimming on a partly frozen woodland pond, Forest of Dean, Glos, UK.

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Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) ducks and drakes courting near a Mute swan (Cygnus olor) family and other wildfowl swimming on a partly frozen woodland pond, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, December.

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Size: 8256px × 4618px
Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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