Female Red Breasted Merganser or female Goosander? River Alt Liverpool UK (today) (1 Viewer)

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Aug 16, 2018

• #1

Hi all

I'd guess at female Goosander looking carefully at the markings but best ask you lot as I've been wrong before :t:

thanks

 

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foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Aug 16, 2018

• #2

Agree.

 

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coaltit

Well-known member

• Aug 16, 2018

• #3

Yes Agree, good pictures.

 

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Aug 16, 2018

• #4

Thanks guys :t:

 

PYRTLE

Old Berkshire Boy

• Aug 16, 2018

• #5

Quite fortunate to get this close to one, and quite early in the year for an inland individual ; they're usually quite wary and flighty. I used to associate these as an early winter bird around the East Berkshire gravel pits many years ago.Great photos by the way.

 

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RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Aug 16, 2018

• #6

PYRTLE said:

Quite fortunate to get this close to one, and quite early in the year for an inland individual ; they're usually quite wary and flighty. I used to associate these as an early winter bird around the East Berkshire gravel pits many years ago.Great photos by the way.

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Thanks.

Yes, it was quite skittish and would dart back as soon as I made eye contact with it so I kept my camera to my eye and didn't move.

It was hanging around with 2 Mallards - all 3 seemed happy to be together in a group.

A Cormorant joined them at one point and it didn't like that one bit

My first Goosander :t: