VELVET SCOTER
There are 15 records of Velvet Scoter in the county involving a some 23 individuals.
| 1883 | Rhodes Reservoirs, Middleton | 20th Nov | Single shot | |
| 1927 | Heaton Park Reservoir | 4th Dec | Immature bird |
| 1954 | Pennington Flash | 5th Dec | Drake | |
| 1960 | Pennington Flash | 2nd-8th Oct | Two birds | |
| 1963 | Pennington Flash | 1st-2nd Nov | Two birds | |
| 1975 | Pennington Flash | 27th-30th Oct | Two birds | |
| 1979 | Hollingworth Lake | Jan | Two birds | |
| 1979 | Lower Gorton Reservoir | 17-19th Feb | Single drake | |
| 1983 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 1st-20th Nov | An immature drake | |
| 1986 | Elton Reservoir | 8th Jan | Two female/immatures | |
| 1986 | Scotman's Flash | 4th Nov | Single bird | |
| 1992 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 23rd Sep | Immature drake | |
| 1997 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 10-16th Jun | First summer drake | |
| 2001 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 9th Nov | Four female/immature, refound at Seaforth NR, Merseyside the next day | |
| 2002 | Ochre Flash, Wigan Flashes | 15th Oct | Female, relocated Scotmans Flash 19th Oct |