Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in a dried out stream, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) preening, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Dong Lei / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Mt Shishapangma, Mt Qomolangma National Park, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China.

Dong Lei / Ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) in flight, Basongcuo National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, China.

Pal Hermansen / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) feeding, Norway, December.

Andy Trowbridge / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) stretching wings. Possibly escaped from captivity. Southern Norway. June

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bewick's or Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) and a Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), wintering at the Poyang Ho Lake, Jiangxi province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) taking off, Poyang Ho Lake, Jiangxi province, China

Dong Lei / Black storks (Ciconia nigra) foraging in muddy silt around lake, with other birds including White-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) Napahai Lake, Zhongd...

Dong Lei / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in flight against cloudy sky, Napahai Lake, Zhongdian County, Yunnan Province, China. January.

Oscar Diez / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) male, Madrid, Spain

Ben Lascelles / Bar headed geese (Anser indicus), Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) and Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) at sunset on the holy lake of Lake Manasarovar, Tibet. June