Scaup

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
10/10/24ScaupHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1A B Merrick
17:44
ad fem. In with Tufties, orangey white patches at base of bill rather than pure white. Going with adult female now based on obvious white belly and eye not dark though not that bright either.  
06/09/24ScaupMain Pit, Theale GPs1M F Walford
18:37
juv. Joined the scoters near yellow buoy 2. Presumably the same bird but could do with a closer view.  
06/09/24ScaupMain Pit, Theale GPs1R H Stansfield
15:46
juv.  

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Records

YearDetails
2023Scaup, Theale GPs, female, 27th-28th October. *
2022Scaup, Theale GPs, 18th-27th December. (A B Merrick)
2022Scaup, Lavell's Lake, 3, 15th October. *
2022Scaup, Thatcham Marsh, 24th May. *
2022Scaup, Lower Farm GP, 2, 19th-20th May. (M J Dear)
2022Scaup, Lavell's Lake, 16th-17th May. (P Scudamore)
2022Scaup, Theale GPs, 6th March. (A B Merrick)
2022Scaup, Queen Mother Reservoir, first-winter male, 28th February. (C D R Heard)
2021Scaup, Horton GPs, 6th November. (C D R Heard)
2021Scaup, Lower Farm GP, 17th March to 25th April. (N Cleere)
2020Scaup, Burghfield GPs, 28th November to 16th March 2021. (M F Walford)
2020Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, 19th January. *
2019Scaup, Wraysbury GPs, first-winter male, 9th January to 10th February. (C D R Heard)
2019Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, 1st January to 18th March. (R C Murfitt)
2018Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, 28th-30th December. (R J Godden)
2018Scaup, Horton GPs, 1st December. (C D R Heard)
2018Scaup, Bray GPs, 20th November. (C D R Heard)
2018Scaup, Lower Farm GP, 30th-31st March. *
2018Scaup, Horton GPs, 18th March to 1st April. (C D R Heard)
2018Scaup, Bray GPs, 8th-21st February. (C D R Heard)
2017Scaup, Lower Farm GP, 18th April. *
2017Scaup, Wraysbury GPs, first-winter drake, 2nd January to 4th February. (C D R Heard)
2017Scaup, Theale GPs, 1st January to 11th March.
2016Scaup, Dinton Pastures CP, male, 7th-11th December. (I D Paine)
2016Scaup, Burghfield GPs, first-winter male, 5th-7th December. (K E Moore, D J Barker)
2016Scaup, Burghfield GPs, adult male, 30th November. (C D R Heard)
2016Scaup, Theale GPs, first-winter female, 18th November to 26th December. (A B Tomczynski)
2016Scaup, Theale GPs, first-winter male, 17th-18th November. (A B Tomczynski)
2016Scaup, Wraysbury GPs, first-winter male, 17th November to 26th December. (C D R Heard)
2016Scaup, Horton GPs, first-winter or adult female, 13th November. (C D R Heard)
2016Scaup, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 4th November. (C D R Heard)
2015Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, male, 1st April. (P Kendall)
2015Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, male, 18th January to 2nd February. (R C Murfitt, G Randall)
2014Scaup, Lower Farm GP, male, 16th March to 14th April. (N Cleere)
2014Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, male, 20th-22nd February.
2013Scaup, Woolhampton GPs, female, 25th-30th March. (B May)
2013Scaup, Woolhampton GPs, adult male, 26th January to 12th April. (K E Moore)
2012Scaup, Bray GPs, first-winter, 25th November to 4th December. (C D R Heard)
2012Scaup, Bray GPs, first-winter female, 24th November to 26th March 2013. (C D R Heard)
2012Scaup, Dinton Pastures CP, adult male, 7th November. (R S Jacobs)
2012Scaup, Wraysbury GPs, adult male, 14th-15th October. (C D R Heard)
2012Scaup, Wraysbury GPs, first-winter female, 13th-27th March. (C D R Heard)
2012Scaup, Theale GPs, female, 12th February. (R J Burness)
<2012Scaup, Confidential, many records.