Other raptors were good with Peregrine and Merlin putting in appearances and a rather odd-looking pale Peregrine-like bird.
This Scaup (and the Redshank that walked close to us at the time) was more cooperative than last time, but what age/sex is it? The first two shots show how dodgy it is trying to judge things like head shape from a single photo.
Scaup Aythya marila
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Redshank Tringa totanus
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Digiscoped Nikon Coolpix P4 and Leica APO77 x20