The black dot in the centre, left of the buoy is the m Scoter
Didnt get free until 1500hrs so with only 1 hour of daylight remaining, or less, due to the grey day, the plan was to attack Soil Hill with hope of Snow Bunting although these have more chance of coming our way during the week in the promised northerlies.
As I set off the fog quickly came down so a quick diversion to the next venue, Mixenden reservoir to see if any more Scoters had dropped in.
On arrival the reservoir was just below the cloud base but very dim light and heavy drizzle but at least visibility was across the water.
The male and female Common Scoters were some distance apart though still bang centre of the water, the female being very hard to find whilst the male was constantly diving for long periods.
At the far end of the reservoir and slightly closer to the shore were 1m Goosander with 2 females and a single male Tufted plus 4 Mallard
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