A super capture, I have only seen one lone manderin so far this year, and that was some way off.

Nice to see your Mandarins Stuart,they are looking splendid at the moment!

Thanks guys, there were loads. As well as these four, and five earlier in the day, on another nearby pond there were at least 15 but they wouldn't come close enough for me to take a proper picture so this one has to do, branches and all!! (My photographer wasn't with me yesterday and I genuinely forgot I had the camera for most of the day).

Nice capture, Stuart.