Spent a couple of hours this morning on the causeways at Abberton Reservoir. West of Layer Breton causeway and reasonably close were five Smew including two drakes and a drake Goosander.
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| drake Goosander and Smew |
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| drake Smew |
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| drake Smew |
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| drake Goosander |
East of Layer Breton were a few Goldeneye and two Egyptian Geese.
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| drake Goldeneye |
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| drake Goldeneye |
East of Layer de la Haye Causeway were 20+ Great Crested Grebes and eventually found a distant Black-necked and Slavonian Grebe. While two Marsh Harriers quartered scaring pretty much all the waterfowl.
Not a bad morning five year ticks and both scarce grebes, I went away happy until I was almost home and heard a Grey Phalarope had been found on the reserve Doh!
