Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770)

Tiny’s Shallow, Fishing Lodge © Nigel Milbourne 2011

  1. One, immature, shot, 4th Nov. 1922 (ref. Palmer & Ballance & H.H. Davis).
  2. One male, not aged, 12th Jan. 1969 (C. Rutter).
  3. One female, adult, 15th Oct. 2006 (N.R. Milbourne).
  4. One male, not aged, 16th June 2007 (R.M. Curber).
  5. One male, adult, 21st Dec. 2008 (N.R. Milbourne).
  6. One male, adult, 13th July to 23rd Aug. 2011 (N.R. Milbourne).
  7. One male, adult, 12th July-19th Aug. 2012 (N.R. Milbourne).

The bird found in January 1969 had previously been seen at Orchardleigh Lake and Chew Valley Lake in December 1968 and was spotted at Blagdon by Clive Rutter, the first for many a long year. The adult female in 2006 was undoubtedly a bird from Chew Valley Lake that had been temporarily displaced to Blagdon, it was noted with a large Aythya flock off the North Shore until they were flushed by a boat. A portion of the flock flew off east, including the Ferruginous Duck.

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Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Blaythwayt, Rev. F.L. & Tucker, B.W. Ferruginous & Long-tailed Ducks in Somerset. Notes, Brit. Birds, 18: 301. Apr. 1925.
  2. Davis H.H. 1948. A Revised List of the Birds of the Bristol District. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society, vol. XXVII, part IV, pp. 225-268. 1947.
  3. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1969. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  4. Palmer E.M. & Ballance D.K. 1968. The Birds of Somerset. London.
  5. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2006. Avon Ornithological Group.
  6. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2007. Avon Ornithological Group.
  7. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2008. Avon Ornithological Group.
  8. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2011. Avon Ornithological Group.