An immature drake American White-winged Scoter was amazingly discovered by local birders amongst a huge flock of moulting scoter at Blackdog, Aberdeen on 11th June 2011. This was a first record for Britain of this scoter species and not surprisingly, it took the local birders some time to clinch the ID. Reading various reports on websites, this bird seemed – a) extremely difficult to find, amongst some 1200+ Common Scoter & 2000+ Common Eider – b) it would be viewed at some distance and c) it would be a very tricky identification process. All this on top of a […]
Jun 182011