Whooper Swan, Shotwick Fields, Cheshire, 19.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Leucistic individual far right with also a Bewick's Swan and 'normal' Whooper'.

Whooper Swan, Shotwick Fields, Cheshire, 20.02.10 (Rob Adderley)

The leucistic bird on the right

Whooper Swans, Houghton Green Pool, Cheshire, 28.03.11 (John Tymon)

A total of 30 birds

White-billed Diver, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, 11.03.07 (Henry Cook)

Great Northern Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 14.11.10 (Mark Rigby)

Juvenile

Great Northern Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 16.11.10 (Ivan Ellison)

Great Northern Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 09.01.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Great Northern Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 09.01.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Great Northern Diver, Ringstone Edge Reservoir, West Yorkshire, 16.10.11 (Ivan Ellison)

Great Northern Diver, Ringstone Edge Reservoir, West Yorkshire, 16.10.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Great Northern Diver, Rhyl, Denbighshire, 30.12.11 (Peter Welch)

Adult

Great Northern Diver, Rhyl, Denbighshire, 30.12.11 (Peter Welch)

Adult

Black-throated Diver, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, December 2007 (Mark Rigby)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Ivan Ellison)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Ivan Ellison)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Mike Killelea)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Mike Killelea)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Mike Killelea)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Mike Killelea)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (Mike Killelea)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (John Tymon)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (John Tymon)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 10.09.11 (John Tymon)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 09.09.11 (Adrain Dancy)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 09.09.11 (Adrain Dancy)

Red-throated Diver, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 09.09.11 (Adrain Dancy)

Cackling Canada Goose, WWT Calaverock, Dumfries, 27.02.09 (Paul Hackett)

Bean Goose, Plex Moss, Lancashire, 28.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Two rossicus Tundra Bean Geese

Bean Goose, Plex Moss, Lancashire, 28.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Two rossicus Tundra Bean Geese

Bean Goose, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 01.05.10 (Rob Adderley)

A rossicus race Tundra Bean Goose

Bean Goose, Crossen Outer Marsh, Lancashire, 21.03.11 (Nick Isherwood)

White-fronted Geese, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 29.12.08 (Dean MacDonald)

Ross's Goose, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 04.10.08 (Rob Adderley)

American Wigeon, Rother Valley CP, South Yorkshire, 25.04.08 (Rob Adderley)

Ferruginous Duck, Calder Wetlands, West Yorkshire, 28.12.09 (Peter Welch)

Ring-necked Duck, North Ronaldsay, 11.02.09 (Paul Brown)

female

Ring-necked Duck, North Ronaldsay, 11.02.09 (Paul Brown)

female

Ring-necked Duck, Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent, 11.10.09 (Peter Welch)

Ring-necked Duck, Calder Wetlands, West Yorkshire, 28.12.09 (Peter Welch)

Ring-necked Duck, Pugney's CP, West Yorkshire, 19.01.10 (Rob Adderley)

Ring-necked Duck, Threave, Dumfries and Galloway, 07.12.10 (Brian Henderson)

Ring-necked Duck, Threave, Dumfries and Galloway, 07.12.10 (Brian Henderson)

Ring-necked Duck, Threave, Dumfries and Galloway, 07.12.10 (Brian Henderson)

Ring-necked Duck, Cowpen Bewley, Cleveland, 29.01.11 (Holly Page)

Ring-necked Duck, Cowpen Bewley, Cleveland, 29.01.11 (Holly Page)

Ring-necked Duck, Fleetwood Marsh, Lancashire, 15.02.11 (Nick Isherwood)

Drake

Ring-necked Duck, Bispham, Lancashire, 05.03.11 (Rob Adderley)

Ring-necked Duck, Bispham, Lancashire, 05.03.11 (Rob Adderley)

With drake Tufted Duck.

Ring-necked Duck, Seaforth NR, Lancashire, 25.03.11 (Jon Taverner)

Drake

Ring-necked Duck, Seaforth NR, Lancashire, 25.03.11 (Jon Taverner)

Drake

Scaup, Rixton Pits, Cheshire, 02.02.08 (John Tymon)

Scaup, West Kirby, Cheshire/Wirral, 12.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Scaup, West Kirby, Cheshire/Wirral, 12.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Lesser Scaup, Loch Magallie, Dumfries and Galloway, March 2008 (Colin Bushell)

found by our very own Manky birder Pete Berry

Lesser Scaup, Loch Magallie, Dumfries and Galloway, March 2008 (Colin Bushell)

Lesser Scaup, Loch Ryan, Dumfries and Galloway, 19.10.10 (Pete Berry)

Lesser Scaup, Loch Ryan, Dumfries and Galloway, 19.10.10 (Pete Berry)

Black Scoter, Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire, 03.10.06 (Rob Adderley)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 24.12.09 (Peter Welch)

First winter bird

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 24.12.09 (Peter Welch)

Here with a fresh water mussel in it's bill, which it was diving under the ice for and swallowing whole! (info thanks to Peter Welch)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 24.12.09 (Rob Adderley)

Just about to dive

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 24.12.09 (Rob Adderley)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 26.12.09 (Rob Adderley)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

With another freshwater mussel in it's bill

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 28.12.09 (Mark Rigby)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 01.01.10 (Jon Taverner)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 01.01.10 (Jon Taverner)

Velvet Scoter, Barrow Lodge, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 01.01.10 (Jon Taverner)

Stejneger's Scoter, Rossbeigh, County Kerry, Southern Ireland, 24.03.11 (Pete Hines)

Stejneger's Scoter, Rossbeigh, County Kerry, Southern Ireland, 24.03.11 (Pete Hines)

Surf Scoters, Old Conwy, Gywnedd, 09.03.10 (Rob Adderley)

Two of three drakes actually present

Surf Scoter, County Durham, 04.06.11 (Rob Adderley)

Drake with Common Scoters

Surf Scoter, County Durham, 04.06.11 (Rob Adderley)

Drake with Common Scoter

Long-tailed Duck, Talkin Tarn, Cumbria, December 2009 (Peter Welch)

Smew, Tatton, Cheshire, 06.02.10 (Peter Welch)

Two redheads together

American Wigeon, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 13.03.10 (Rob Adderley)

American Wigeon, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 13.03.10 (Rob Adderley)

American Wigeon, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 20.03.10 (Dennis Atherton)

American Wigeon, Martin Mere, Lancashire, 20.03.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Green-winged Teal, Adlington, Cheshire, 12.12.08 (Ray Scally)

Green-winged Teal, Kildrochat, near Stranraer, Dumfries, 06.04.10 (Pete Berry)

Green-winged Teal, Inner Marsh Farm RSPB, Cheshire, 09.02.11 (Rob Adderley)

Drake

Blue-winged Teal, Silver Lane Pools, Risley, Cheshire, 23.09.10 (Jonathon Platt)

Female/immature (probably the latter)

Blue-winged Teal, Silver Lane Pools, Risley, Cheshire, 23.09.10 (Jonathon Platt)

Female/immature (probably the latter)

Blue-winged Teal, Silver Lane Pools, Risley, Cheshire, 23.09.10 (Jonathon Platt)

Female/immature (probably the latter)

Blue-winged Teal, Threave, Dumfries and Galloway, 28.11.10 (Rob Smallwood)

King Eider, Roseisle, Elgin, Moray, Scotland, 28.10.11 (Peter Welch)

Eclispe drake

King Eider, Roseisle, Elgin, Moray, Scotland, 28.10.11 (Peter Welch)

Eclipse drake

'borealis' Eider, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, December 2008 (Paul Brown)

a drake showing characteristics of...

'borealis' Eider, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, December 2008 (Paul Brown)

a drake showing characteristics of...

Red-breasted Merganser, West Kirby, Wirral, 17.12.09 (Jon Taverner)