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Scaup

Aythya marila

Scaup – Steve Blain
Species Account

Extract from Bird Report 2024

Winter visitor and passage migrant in variable numbers. (Red list).

There were no county records in 2024, the first blank year since 2018.

Extract from Bird Report 2023

Winter visitor and passage migrant in variable numbers. (Red list).

In a quiet year there was one, presumably the long-stayer from 2022, at Brogborough Lake from 6th January to 9th February (MJP et al.), with it or another there during19th–24th February (JPL et al.). A drake was at Harrold-Odell CP during 3rd–6th February (RNo et al.). The only record in the second half of the year was at Brogborough Lake on 20th–21st October (BirdGuides, SCB).

Time of year

AutumnWinter

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