Lesser Scaup: I was tipped off yesterday by Stan the man who is a regular
birder and volunteer at BMW but unfortunately I was a work so unable to go and
see the bird. So the next morning Dawn and I took a quick trip across to
Shotwick Boating Lake where I caught the bird on the nearby pool and thanks to Denzel,
another local birder I got some cracking views!
The bird was associating with our more common Tufted Ducks and stayed on the
far side of the pool and I could only manage theses record shots.
This pic shows the subtle differences between Tufted Ducks and this Lesser
Scaup, you can clearly make out its pale grey-ish back while Tufted have black
backs, the Lesser Scaup is also rather smaller and lacks the tuft on top of its
head which the Tufted Duck gets its name. Good YEAR and great LIFE tick!
Lesser Scaup: I was tipped off yesterday by Stan the man who is a regular
birder and volunteer at BMW but unfortunately I was a work so unable to go and
see the bird. So the next morning Dawn and I took a quick trip across to
Shotwick Boating Lake where I caught the bird on the nearby pool and thanks to Denzel,
another local birder I got some cracking views! 
The bird was associating with our more common Tufted Ducks and stayed on the
far side of the pool and I could only manage theses record shots.