I paid another visit to Farmoor Reservoir today to ensure the Great Northern Diver was added to my 2022 list. It was not in the same area as last time, and I wondered if it may have left but another birder told me it was quite close in further along the causeway, and I soon found it; the water was a lot calmer here so maybe that's why it had moved. It was giving some more great views and I watched it for a while though didn't see it bring any crayfish to the surface today.
The female scaup wasn't where I'd seen it before either but I did scan a few tufted duck flocks and didn't find it. Admittedly I didn't walk too far along the western bank as I planned to go on to Radley Lakes to look for a ringed neck duck ( which sadly I couldn't find, though it was there apparently) .
I did manage to add little and great crested grebes to my list but nothing else, having had a successful 'water bird' day at Slimbridge on Saturday.
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