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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

LONG TAILED DUCK-ASTBURY MERE COUNTRY PARK-17TH JAN 2017

I was passing Congleton this morning, so I called in to Astbury to try and see the female Long-Tailed Duck, which has been present since last Wednesday. I parked the car and soon found the bird.




Long-tailed duck

The last record of a Long-tailed duck at this site was twenty-one years ago.