Green-winged Teal at Buckenham RSPB

Third time lucky! I've had three goes at adding this species to my year list, dipping at Holkham and Lackford. When the pager announced last night that a drake was just up the road, I resolved to get dressed early and go for a look at first light. A careful scrutiny of the vast flock of Wigeon on the main pool (where RBA was reporting the bird) revealed very few Teal and certainly not the one I was looking for. I was just about to leave when Local birder Dave Edwards arrived, with the news that the teal had been - and probably still was - on the Mill Pool, not where RBA claimed.

A trudge eastwards and a careful search seemed to be fruitless, until Dave found the bird asleep under a distant bank. Other birds of note were 100+ Black-tailed Godwits, several Stonechats and a flock of Fieldfares.