Velvet Scoter in Lancashire

Currently at Barrow Lower Lodge near Clitheroe, this 1w drake Velvet Scoter managed to stuff twenty-five freshwater mussels down its throat in two hours! Photos by Glyn Sellors

Juv Great Northern Diver at Covenham Resv

Some more shots of this confiding bird by Glyn Sellors

Lincs Great Northern Diver Covenham Resv :Taken by Glyn Sellors December 2009

Juv Great Northern Diver

Pomarine Skua, Beachley Point, Gloucestershire

This pale morph sub-adult Pomarine Skua is probably a 3rd calendar year bird: the barring on the left wing, undertail coverts & flanks all indicates immaturity. Photos by Glyn Sellors.