Christmas miracle!

Ian Grant was gifted an early Christmas present when he dug out a monster find on his inland patch.

DECEMBER 2021 was already a month to be remembered for birding at my local patch at Aqualate Mere – on 20

December I had managed to relocate the female Ferruginous Duck first found at Belvide Reservoir on 22 October. However, I wasn’t expecting to go one better when I went back to get photographs …

Only four lucky observers were able to connect with the Staffordshire Baikal Teal.