1)Is it a migrant?- yes
2)Is it a passerine? -no
3)Is it a wading bird -no
4)Is it a Bird Of Prey -no
5)Is it larger than an average size plastic water-bottle (330 ml) ? yes . . . .
6)Is it a pelagic bird -no
7)does it live in shropshire at any point in it's lifecycle?- no
8) Is it Nocturnal? Can be . .
9)Is it a Black Grouse?- no
10)Is it a Quail? - no
11)does it spent half the summer night's churring?- no
12)Is it in the order Galliformes? -No
13)Is it a corvid. -No
14)Is it in the order Anseriformes? -yes!!
15)Is it in the owl family -no
16)Is it a Ring-necked Duck? No
17) Is it in the pochard family? -yes
18)is it a Red-crested Pochard? No
19)It is a Tufted Duck ? - No
20)is it a Corncrake? -No
21)Is it a Scaup. -No
22)Is it a Ferruginous Duck? YES!!
We got there . . . and we'll call that a winner, although it was hard going at times . . .
They tend to feed quite a bit at night, are not ususally found in Shropshire and are very duck-sized! Someone else's turn -
David . . . . if you want to do the honours (post on this thread) . . . .
I'd probably better duck out, since I'm heading off up to Norfolk tomorrow morning, so won't be posting or checking here much. Happy for someone else to go for it!
Is it found in the UK?