European Birds

Anatidae : Swans, Geese & Ducks

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

1st-winter male - St. Margaret's Loch, Lothian, Scotland - April 2007

A native of North America, Lesser Scaup occurs only as a rare vagrant in Europe. The individual pictured above was the first Lesser Scaup to be recorded in Lothian.

1st-winter male - St. Margaret's Loch, Lothian, Scotland - April 2007