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White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Sun, 27 Dec 2020

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Photo: Ian Andrews

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White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 10 Nov 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Tue, 12 Nov 2019

With a Surf Scoter from sea wall adjacent the lagoons.

Photo: Andrew Russell

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 05 May 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Fri, 17 May 2019

Photo: Davie Abraham

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 05 May 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Fri, 17 May 2019

Distant shot!

Photo: Davie Abraham

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 28 Apr 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 28 Apr 2019

WW Scoter with Velvets

Photo: Adrian Plumb

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 28 Apr 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 28 Apr 2019

After a long wait we were rewarded with a flypast!

Photo: Adrian Plumb

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 21 Apr 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Wed, 24 Apr 2019

Showing the peculiar swollen head shape, and the raspberry pink bill with just a small patch of yellow below the nostrils.

Photo: Mark Wilkinson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 21 Apr 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 21 Apr 2019

Returning drake, showing well off seawall, m & f Surf Scoter also present amongst Velvet and Common Scoter flock.

Photo: Mark Wilkinson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 21 Apr 2019

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 21 Apr 2019

Returning drake, showing well off seawall, m & f Surf Scoter also present amongst Velvet and Common Scoter flock.

Photo: Mark Wilkinson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Fri, 05 Oct 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Fri, 05 Oct 2018

Resting with a small group of Velvet Scoters off the seawall west of the wader scrapes, before flying off strongly west on its own towards Fisherrow Harbour at 10:30am.

Photo: Mark Wilkinson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 23 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Wed, 26 Sep 2018

Photo: Davie Abraham

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 23 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Wed, 26 Sep 2018

Photo: Davie Abraham

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Tue, 25 Sep 2018

Off sea wall.

Photo: Brian Henderson

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Tue, 25 Sep 2018

Off sea wall.

Photo: Brian Henderson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 22 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 23 Sep 2018

Photo: Jonathan Farooqi

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 15 Sep 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Phonescoped.

Photo: Dan Houghton

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Sun, 06 May 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 06 May 2018

Photo: Lukasz Pulawski

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American White-winged Scoter

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male

Taken: Wed, 02 May 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sat, 05 May 2018

Photo: Dean Nicholson

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American White-winged Scoter

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male

Taken: Wed, 02 May 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sat, 05 May 2018

Photo: Dean Nicholson

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Sun, 29 Apr 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Tue, 01 May 2018

Photo: Neil Hughes

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Fri, 30 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sat, 31 Mar 2018

More on my blog.

Photo: Jonathan Farooqi

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Photo: Brian Henderson

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Photo: Brian Henderson

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Photo: Brian Henderson

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

great find by Chris Rodger

Photo: John Nadin

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Musselburgh (Lothian)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Showed well a few times this morning

Photo: John Nadin

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American White-winged Scoter

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Taken: Thu, 19 Oct 2017

Belmont (Shetland)

Uploaded: Tue, 24 Oct 2017

Visit the Shetland Wildlife Website

Photo: Hugh Harrop / Shetland Wildlife

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American White-winged Scoter

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first-winter, male

Taken: Thu, 19 Oct 2017

Belmont (Shetland)

Uploaded: Thu, 19 Oct 2017

with long-tailed duck. Terrific find by Dougie Preston.

Photo: Glen Tyler

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 12 Aug 2017

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Sat, 12 Aug 2017

Photo: Dan Pointon

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 22 Jul 2017

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 23 Jul 2017

Photo: Kris Gibb

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 02 Jul 2017

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 04 Jul 2017

Photo: Nick Littlewood

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 13 Aug 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 17 Aug 2016

Photo: Kris Gibb

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult

Taken: Wed, 27 Jul 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 03 Aug 2016

Eventually found this cracker south of the golf course - after 5 hours of scanning north of the GC and lots of pacing up and down the beach!

Photo: Sam Northwood

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 02 Jul 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 12 Jul 2016

Photo: Stephanie Leese

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 02 Jul 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 12 Jul 2016

Photo: Stephanie Leese

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 02 Jul 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 12 Jul 2016

Photo: Stephanie Leese

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Mon, 04 Jul 2016

Blackdog (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 05 Jul 2016

Photo: Nick Littlewood

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American White-winged Scoter

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adult, male

Taken: Mon, 04 Jul 2016

Blackdog (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 05 Jul 2016

Photo: Nick Littlewood

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adult, male

Taken: Tue, 28 Jun 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 29 Jun 2016

Photo: Kris Gibb

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adult, male

Taken: Tue, 28 Jun 2016

Murcar (Aberdeenshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 29 Jun 2016

Photo: Kris Gibb

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