Green- Winged Teal at Peto's, Carlton

On Thursday 18th April, this time after work, I finished at 2.15pm, I walked down the main track to just before the Turnpike Hide, where I joined Mark E. to view a distant (as always) American Green- Winged Teal, slightly larger than the other Teal with distinctive white verticle stripe on its front flanks. It spent a little time hising behind tussocks before walking left and then swimming right where finally it stood and preened. Also seen were Yellow Wagtail. Around 6 Swallows were skimming the water in front of us and a Sedge Warbler could clearly be heard too. The last 3 species all new for the year for me.