I don't usually reckon to visit Farmoor reservoir on a Saturday as it can get very busy with sailing school and local joggers and walkers. However, not wanting to go far today, I opted to go there for a walk and to see if I could locate the long- staying female scaup as I'd not yet seen it this year.
Arriving at 11.30, the car park was surprisingly quieter than I had expected and there was little sailing activity on the reservoir. Possibly the cold brisk wind which was blowing across the water was putting people off visiting. I was glad of my 4 layers plus hat and gloves as the wind was blowing straight at me as I crossed the causeway but on reaching the other side, there was a lot more shelter from the wind and in the sunshine it was quite pleasant. Not having found the scaup amongst the small groups of tufted ducks seen from the causeway, I turned to the right and headed round F1 where a larger group of coots and ducks were swimming just off the bank. I soon found the duck through my binoculars then headed round to get a closer view; I watched it for a while, some of the time the coots seemed to want to chased it off, and at other times if made short dives below the surface.
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