Another Rarity For The Keen Birders

[rowanwitch]

Canvasback... Essex Abberton  reservoir

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvasback

[barry1010]

That is a rarity! 

[ladybirder]

Thank you Rowan.  Very nice to see our rare visitors.

[bookbinder]

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?ei=UTF-8&p=essex+abberton+reservoir#id=2&vid=0d4e183eaac845d0df7e962ee4771dc8&action=click

[Prudie]

We've also got a bit of a local rarity

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/24751661.rare-white-blackbird-spotted-weymouth-garden/

[rowanwitch]

Leucistic blackbirds look very strange,  the whitest ones are very pretty but rarely survive that long as they are easy for predators to spot. Have a few crows  locally with  white wing primaries, at first glance you go magpie, then you just go it's a patchy crow!

We had a rarity( to me Any way  ) Might go and see if it's still about tomorrow cattle egret in a field across Bartley reservoir from me.   Might just ask a tenth floor neighbour if I can have a look from his balcony.

[rowanwitch]

Add a female  lesser scaup to the canvasback

Also a pallid harrier seen around Stiffkey Norfolk