Polemere has a good track record for Ducks and news, courtesy of Richard Vernon, came out of a Green-winged Teal there today! Despite the horrendous light, it would have been rude to ignore it...
Once in the hide, it was probably the most distant Teal but after being spooked a couple of times, it relocated to the 'near' side of the hedgerow!
Despite the occasional spat with male Teal, the GWT was very cooperative in providing a Eurasian Teal for comparison! The white vertical bar (not the strongest I've seen) seemed adequate enough and the deeper coloured wash of the breast spot on!
There was complete absence of a white horizontal stripe! The green stripe on the head was bordered only faintly by the buff border and restricted to below the eye.
