Confidence of the birds credentials appeared to gather face so I jumped in with the Squire to back this Siberian duck. The journey took around two hours, a very cold wind greeted us with news the bird had not been seen for an hour !
After a bit of head scratching the duck quest ended when it emerged on a bank with two Wigeon which it stayed quite loyal to whilst we watched the bird on and off for the next 45 minutes. We hung on for fellow birder Cliff Smith who was travelling behind us from Solihull. Thankfully he arrived just in time and saw the bird well as it edged east to finally disappear before the rain started. The conditions became very bleak and we were grateful we were heading home.
Other sightings included a Cuckoo, drake Garganey, Avocet, Wigeon, Teal & Little Egret.
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