A flock of 24 drake common scoter were found at the flash at 11:00 this
morning and we're said to be very flighty, being frequently moved around the
flash by yachts and other boats. I got there at 16:00 and expected them to
have been flushed one too many times and be long gone, but remarkably they
were still present at the western end. As I watched they were flushed by a
canoe and landed in east bay, before being flushed again. The last I saw of
them they were in the middle at 16:50 and the yachts were off the water.
Hopefully they got some peace for a while before continuing their migration.
July is a classic time of year for flocks of males to appear at the flash on
moult migration. This was the largest flock of males that I have seen here. I
did see a flock of 36 a few years ago but that was in November and they were
all females and 1st winter birds.
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