Thanks to Steve K and John B for sorting this trip out.
A very interesting morning, although it proved almost impossible to get very close to the scoter flocks without flushing the birds (the main flock took flight when we were at least 1 km away.)
Of interest:
1 drake Velvet Scoter seen near the LBC bird hide (no boat needed to see this bird!)
c65 Velvet Scoter off Friskney(?) in a mixed flock with approx.
c1500-2000 Common Scoter
1 "white" Scoter - a pure albino bird
The image below shows part of a mixed flock, with 9 Velvet's, the single "White" Scoter centre frame and approx. 200 Common Scoter.
