Surf Scoter at Walberswick

On Tuesday 16th April, a look around the Denes and the Netposts failed to reveal any W'ears, just c30 Wood Pigeon on the Oval and a sheltering male Pied Wagtail around the caravans. Wednesday 17th April, I drove to Walberswick and was rather taken aback that the car parks didn't sccept cash and you needed to download an app that wouldn't download. Fortunately there was free parking at the green after 6pm. So I parked there and walked out past the beach huts and walked around 200 yards south to join Andrew E watching from the bank and the fine 1st winter Surf Scoter was seen in the middle of the flock with swollen bill and very distinctive white square nape patch, amongst the 30 or so Common Scoter. The sun was shining but as soon as I set up the camera for distant record shots the cloud rolled in and it became very overcast.