Hugh Addlesee
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Thanks again Hugh, I did notice one was a bit larger but thought maybe it was an adult, just shows when you have something on your mind you tend not to think laterally. Now you've got me going again for Shovelers, another new one for me, will have to try and get down this week before jetting off to Malta in a week for holiday. Dont get to do much bird watching there, not one of the wife's holiday past times I'm afraid, having said that, I'm trying to arrange access to the reserves, they're usually closed between Jun-Oct, so we'll see.
cheers again
Jim
I really wouldn't rush to see the Shovelers at Skene - they're currently 2 brown ducks amongst c250 flighty Mallards, also currently brown! Really not a patch on breeding-plumage males showing well. While a few do drop in at Skene (and other nearby inland sites) outwith autumn, I'd definitely recommend seeing them at somewhere like Strathbeg in the winter/ spring. I'll post on here though if something else good does turn up before you go away. You might get a bit of early autumn passage there - so long as things evade the guns:C