Green-winged Teal

[Renton Charman]

The Green-Winged Teal showed for a short while on the second pool behind the Archers Law building at Bowesfield Marsh this afternoon. Record shots only.

[AKinghorn]

Nice shots Renton. My shot is rubbish haha The bird showed well but very distant this afternoon.

I posted the info on the sightings page but I will post it here as well:

I rang the news into Rare Bird Alert at about 1:40 when I found the bird on the large pond. Here is where I saw the bird:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=208540689343111666266.00049bde990e1c24922c6&ll=54.538514,-1.311665&spn=0.013992,0.038581&t=h&z=15

Image: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/gallery_show.asp?GalleryID=9561&fast_filter=6
Video 1 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRR7WbVkNpU
Video 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0rFN5S4sI

[StewH]

Is it just me or does this bird show a hint of the lateral white bar shown by Eurasian Teal?

Stew

[AKinghorn]

Is it just me or does this bird show a hint of the lateral white bar shown by Eurasian Teal?

Stew

I kind of looked for this when looking at the bird in the field yesterday. It didn't seem to show even a hint of a lateral white bar whilst I was there. I quick Google search revealed a Green-winged Teal from the states that looks just like the Bowesfield bird: http://birdnerd.beenallover.net/gallery/green-winged-teal.jpg

Some interesting images of hybrid Green-winged Teals out there. Check this out if you have time:http://www.manchesterbirding.com/greenwingedtealarticle.htm

[Neil Lay]

I managed to take these from the causeway behind Archers Law early this afternoon

Neil