Female RBM on Ormesby Broad

On Sunday 9th February, I spoke to John H who had published some great shots of the RBM at Ormesby Broad on Twitter (I can't bring myself to call it "X"!) & I mentioned that it might have gone, as David had not seen it when he visted yesterday afternoon. John advised that the bird can hide up for a short time but then it potentially fly in close. On that advice, I drove over to Ormesby Broad, parked up and crossed the road and from the bridge, I scanned and immediately saw the fine female Red- breasted Merganser swim right to left and then she disappeared. I then saw her briefly in an inlet in the reeds over to the left. She then swam left to right mid distance back on the Broad, whilst a group of 5 Goldeneye included 3 males and 2 females. It started to rain so I sheltered under a bush. I then saw the female Red- breasted Merganser swim closer by the reeds to the extreme left, she then swam straight over to the bridge and was feeding by the reeds just in front of the bridge and me! It was triple Ferguson views, this in reference to my friends Paul & Jane F. who usually get really good views of birds whilst if I see any birds at all, they are really distant! It was such a pity the light was so poor as they would have been portfolio shots with any sort of reasonable light, oh well, it won't be a hardship to visit again on a brighter day.