26th October 2017

Decided to head down to Longham Lakes this afternoon to try for the lesser scaup. I saw the Chew/Blagdon bird a couple times, but it was always too distant or breif to get any decent shots. Also it was in eclipse, so a showy male bird would do my nicely.

Thankfully, the LESSER SCAUP was showing well on arrival on the North Lake, allowing me to get some decent shots through the scope. It was associating with tufted ducks, so it was nice to get some comparison shots as well.

LESSER SCAUP - Longham Lakes

Upperwing shot.

Head profile compared to Tufted Duck