By DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Status.
Category E*
Native Range
Africa. Resident in Southern Africa south of central Namibia and south-eastern Botswana
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 882 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Recorded in Breconshire, Powys, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Glamorgan and Bedfordshire and probably many other counties. Has bred, the last confirmed occasion was in Breconshire in 2010.
