Eider morecambe prom

[Filosophy]

#9471

Sun 19th Jan
C 2.30pm
High tide just out from Morecambe prom between clock tower and Venus sculpture

Looked like Several small groups of eider diving, saw some close up with a good view,approx 20-25 in total.

One group comprised 5f, 1adult male, 1 young male

Another group comprised 3f 3 adult male (with what looked like a f tufted duck in tow)

Looked like at least another another two groups of between 4 and 6 further up

• This topic was modified 3 weeks, 4 days ago by Filosophy.

[Tom Walkington]

#9477

Could the bird in tow be the female Scaup?

[Filosophy]

#9482

Hi Tom, we thought it looked like a f scaup but weren’t sure so thought it was more likely to be the commoner f tufted duck. It seems Nick G has seen a f scaup with some Eider so that may have been the one we saw.

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