Properly: simply probably… Following the RSPB-endorsed cull of the UK inhabitants of those pleasant American geese a number of years again I believed I would by no means see one other: so when this feminine (or juvenile male) turned up at Leathe’s Ham, Lowestoft I made a decision I needed to go for a glance. Now the SWC has visited this location earlier than (failing to discover a Penduline Tit) so I knew what to anticipate. There are hardly any locations on the overgrown financial institution the place you possibly can truly see any water in any respect, however I persevered, transferring from one ‘vantage level’ to the subsequent and again for an hour. Lastly I managed to seek out and {photograph} this dapper little duck: I’m wondering if it is a current arrival from the USA?
Since I used to be within the space, I dropped in on Ness Level, the place a newly-arrived Wheatear and a few Black Redstarts had been nice bonus species. The ‘internet posts’ close by held only a ringed Kestrel. Lastly: might this be a Caspian Gull?
