Green-Winged Teal at Grafham Water, 12th November 2023

A short trip up the A1 to take a look at a North American Visitor, a Green-Winged Teal. The walk along the dam is always interesting and a confiding Pied Wagtail posed well.

A Great Northern Diver showed distantly but too far away for pictures. Goldeneye numbers are starting to build up and there was a small group off the dam.

A Lesser Black-Backed Gull had found a dead fish and had a very easy meal!

Despite being so far inland, Grafham always seems to attract the odd wader or two, but this Common Sandpiper was a surprise so late in the year.

Less of a surprise was a lone Redshank and a Dunlin.

The Green-Winged Teal was right at the South end of the dam and was feeding close in. It was fairly easy to pick out amongst the "ordinary" Teal due to the white stripes down the front.

A nice bird to see and Grafham Water delivers again!