Lesser Scaup: With autumn the changing winds bring with it American migrants, like this diving duck that migrates across the pond.
In America it is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill.
Here its called a Lesser Scaup! Well I think I prefer Little Bluebill.
This bird has taken up residence at Pennington Flash and has been showing incredibly well due to its appetite for bread.
So on my way to penny I stopped off at Morrison's and picked up a brown loaf, when I arrived on the far side of the flash the bird was enticed in by a few slices.
I thought this behavior was very unusual as the rest of the Tufted Ducks it was flocking with never came close to the bread. And the only other Lesser Scaup I had seen last year at Burton Mere was very flighty and you could tell it would never come for the bread.
I am assured its not an escapee, no ring! And people were telling me this behavior is not all that unusual, someone even told me they were feeding Goosander bread the other week.
