Hi Tweets,

On the subject of the pochard, Ruth Sullivan writes:

>Looking from the Photo i showed Dennis, both Wings crossing over the
>>Back,so there not looked clipped, most kept Birds {collect} have clipt
>>Wings.
>>There is only one more Record recorded, Tom Schooley found the other in
>>Eastern Washington. It is not confirmed but Recorded.

So, in the context of occurrence of very rare waterfowl, just gotta pass
this on from UKbirdnet:

Trevor Donaldson writes:

> The Bufflehead,a wild bird?
> How many collections in the vacinity?
> How about Pensthorpe,nr,Fakenham,Norfolk.
> On an R.S.P.B.guided walk there, a while ago, the subject of escapes
> was raised,and dismissed by the member of staff of Pensthorpe who
> retorted,"certainly not"! However,as we walked round,THREE Rare ducks
> took off,with the comment,"Hey,they shouldn't be able to Fly"!
> Food for thought,
> Cheers,
> Trevor Donaldson.

And Jeff Higgott writes (deadpan):

>>The Bufflehead on the other hand was a wild bird. Heveningham Hall
>>lake is a
>>recognised wildfowl haven, regularly attracting countless birds from
>>all
>>points of the globe. When I saw the bird it took some time to pick up
>>as it
>>kept getting lost amongst the single Tufted Duck and huge flock of two
>>Mallard
>>also present.

British wit. Drier than a martini in a James Bond novel.

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