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    Common Pochards, London UK

    Yes, 1-4 are all the same bird - the only non-Tufted Aythya present.
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    Common Pochards, London UK

    I did think about (escaped rather than vagrant!) Canvasback for the first bird too, but didn't want to suggest it in the first post! And discounted it anyway because they have a really extreme bill/face shape and this one was closer to Tufted Duck than Mallard in size. Re the second, here is...
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    Common Pochards, London UK

    Both of these I'm pretty sure are Common Pochards, but they're a bit unusual-looking one way or another! Bird 1 (first 4 photos) was on the boating lake at Alexandra Palace Park, 10th Feb - apparently the only Pochard there, and coming to bread alongside Mallards, Tufted Ducks and Egyptian...
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