On the way back home I heard that the three Mandarins seen at Burgh Heath pond (just out of the patch) were seen again and had headed towards Canons Wood, where I knew there was a small private pond that I hadn't yet had a chance to check out. I made my way over there and knocked on the landowner's door; he was more than happy to let me view the pond where there were ten Mandarins! Sadly, he told me that he had bred them there and they occasionally flew off to other ponds but always came back - so no tick! He also had a few Fulvous Whistling Ducks and a Turkey. He used to keep Wood Ducks but they have vanished.
