Rare Aussie bird spotted in
Horncastle
1:12 / 1:12 John
Fieldhouse
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Bird-lovers could be going
quackers and flocking to Horncastle to grab a sight of a rare duck An
Australian wood duck has settled on the River Bain, just a few hundred yards
from a busy Tesco supermarket.
It is happily living alongside
hundreds of mallards - and the town’s ‘infamous’ swan who locals have called
Cyril. A resident contacted the Horncastle News today (Wednesday) to tell us
about the duck.
She said the duck appeared camera
shy and swam off...whenever she attempted to take a photograph. However, the
News contacted Horncastle-based photographer John Aron who quickly spotted the
Aussie invader.
And, amazingly, the duck happily
posed for photographs in the Bondhi-beach-like weather. The duck immediately
attracted a large crowd, who admitted they were surprised to see it in
Horncastle.
Alan Judge (37) said: “We’ don’t
get many Australian visitors here. In fact, it should have come tomorrow
(Thursday) - it’s market day then and there’s a lot more to see!”
Alison Newton (28) said she would
not have spotted the Australian duck among all the resident mallards.
She added: “Now it’s been pointed
out to me, it is a lot different looking. Perhaps it quacks with an Australian
accent!” An RSPB spokesman confirmed the duck was likely to have escaped from a
private collection.
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