Vevlet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Small numbers winter off the coast of Norfolk but they are more numerous further north where my only worthwhile photos so far were taken.
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male Velvet Scoter, Largo Bay (Fife, UK), 27th December 2010
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Inland in Norfolk they are very rare so it was a great surprise to find this fine drake at Wroxham Broad one evening. Unfortunately it was nearly dark and the unadjusted photos were all-black - some extreme photoshopping has just about managed to bring out a recognisable form...
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male Velvet Scoter, Wroxham Broad (Norfolk, UK), 26th December 2009
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The North American and east Asian forms of Velvet Scoter, known as White-winged Scoter, have been recently split as separate species.
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%20T.JPG "Harlequin")