A message about 10:20 that two Velvet Scoters were present on Willen Lake, Milton Keynes was certainly of interest! There have only been four prior records in the county (plus one at Old Slade NR which is now part of Berks). The last one was in 2006 which did not stay very long and I did not see it. So I teamed up with Mike and Rose Collard for the one hour drive to the lake.
We arrived about 13:45 and soon found the Scoters feeding about 100 metres away. For the first 30 minutes or so they were both actively diving but then this stopped and one went to sleep.
Thanks to Paul Moon for finding the birds and to Sion Nichols for getting the news out.
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