Greater scaup? (1 Viewer)

Was at an inland flooded area in Glos, UK, this afternoon and watched this duck for an hour between 2.30 and 3.30. Seemed to be bigger than a tufted duck, had no tuft at all, was on its own and diving. The white band at the base of the bill was quite broad and it also had a pale cheek patch. As you can see from the photo its head and chest is brown with a grey body, lighter on the flanks. Its beak certainly looked longer than a tufted.

Am I right in thinking it is a female Greater Scaup?

Sorry about the quality of the photos but I was hand holding a little camera onto the eyepiece of my scope!

Scaup?

More photos.

Looks good for scaup

Scaup indeed.

Looks a bit weird to me. Apart from the white facial blaze it actually looks a lot like a female Pochard. The shape, dark eye and very plain grey body seem wrong for a pure Scaup - maybe a hybrid?

like andrew says, bill looks pochardish and with that pale upperparts it has to be a hybrid with aythya ferina, imo. tuftie x pochard?