Windsor: Mandarinling

Cuter (and with more curious ripples/reflections) in large.

I went to Windsor today, and had fun photographing the bevies of swans (again). This little creature was the highlight though: this duckling was swimming around all by itself, but seemed pretty cheerful. I'm fairly sure that it is a Mandarin duckling, although there were no adults to be seen; there were only adult mallards about (duck-wise), so whoever its parents are, they weren't about...

I've uploaded an album of Windsor birds to Flickr (here).
Highlights:
"Manky mallard" drinking
Mallard duckling against tour boat!
"Uh oh!"
Petals or plumage?
Posturing
Mandarinling from above
Super-swanny scene
Dominant swan