Great to catch up with only my 3rd Velvet Scoter for the patch today off Chiselbury Bay - a jug bird with characteristic pale belly. My previous sightings were in Dec 2016 at the same spot and in Jan 2021 off Budleigh Cliffs.
Also of note on the patch in recent days was a Purple Sandpiper (27 Nov and 18 Dec) which I rarely see here! Despite always checking the rocks just off Otter Head, I think it is possibly my first sighting since Dec 2014!
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| Juv Velvet Scoter, Chiselbury Bay |
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| Juv Velvet Scoter, Chiselbury Bay |
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| Juv Velvet Scoter, Chiselbury Bay |
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| Purple Sandpiper, below Otter Head |
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