Scaup

Yesterday Mike found another Scaup at Ferry Meadows with a party of Tufted Duck. There had been one here back in January but this was before the cycling madness had taken hold so I was keen to see this one. There was no sign yesterday when I passed through at 17:30 and I could only find a couple of Tufties then, so it was a relief to hear from Matt that they were all back in the late evening. This morning it was showing well on the east side of Overton Lake.

144 Scaup

Scaup Aythya marila, female

Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20