I think I'd better leave it to others to discuss the finer points of the identification of this bird, and especially why it isn't a Red-crested Pochard!
Where I come from this, or rather the near-identical sister species Common Scoter, is just about the commonest sea-duck. Oh my God, what an error!
Mike Turnbull
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