Scaup (Greater Scaup)
Aythya marila
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About 60 breeding attempts recorded mostly in the north of Scotland, particularly Orkney, and twice in Lincolnshire, once in Wales (1988), but never in Ireland until 1997 in the North. Otherwise no breeding records in our area since 1989.
From
The
State of the Nations Birds
Copyright © 2000 by Chris Mead