Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, UK - Duck (1 Viewer)

[Musoman]

This bird was quite a distance for my camera, I thought Tufted, but others in the hide have mentioned a Scaup , possibly female Greater Scaup, but need
some confirmation. Shot taken yesterday 27th Sept . Thanks

 

[Butty]

Looks fine for tufted duck - but I'd wait till it's sat normally before judging its head shape.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

well in the range of tufted duck; so ID as already given by Butty.

note that this is a darkbacked bird , as you can just see... and some tufted ducks can show a lot of white at the base of the bill, extreme ones even more than this , while tehre are many who don´t show that at all

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

This bird was quite a distance for my camera, I thought Tufted, but others in the hide have mentioned a Scaup , possibly female Greater Scaup, but need
some confirmation. Shot taken yesterday 27th Sept . Thanks

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Worth seeing some other shots if you have them.

 

[Musoman]

Sadly that's the only shot i got.