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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cuckoo-shrike" data-source="post: 1385369" data-attributes="member: 58479">Drake American Wigeon at Windmill Farm on Ruan Pool.  Tony Blunden found it yesterday.  We saw it again today.  Only slight iffy feature is apparent chestnut tinge to nape, but light wasn't good and it could be a remnant of juv plumage. Otherwise it's spot on.  I have asked any visitors to carefully follow the waymarkers to the new hide, through the gate and along behind the hedge (apparent once you're there). But judging by the number of people who completed ignored directions for the stilts and  insisted on walking right across the heath, I'm not too hopeful. There are 100+ duck on the pool (Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal) and they are flighty.  If they are flushed on to neighbouring pools, especially late in the day, they are quite liable to be shot!  Hopefully we won't get many over for this B-list rarity!Dougy Wright had another new bird for the reserve, a Bittern, at the farm on Saturday.  It flew towards Ruan Pool but we couldn't find it today.</blockquote>