Otter Estuary
I was interested to read Tim's note of Friday 14th regarding two birds (Goosander or Merganser?) on the Otter.
The previous day I saw what I believed to be 2 juvenile Goosanders fishing opposite the west bank hide. I believe Red-breasted Merganser would have been out of season although Tyler (Birds of Devon) does say that non-breeding birds do stay beyond April and sometimes into the summer. I will record mine as juv. Goosander but am open to correction. The above is the best picture I could get with a bridge camera at 200 yards.
Posted July 15th, 2017 at 8:29 pm by Jonathan Ruscoe in Bird News