Smew
A rare winter visitor to the reservoir.
17/01/60 - Single female. (DEP)
07/02/76 - Single male. Seen again on 08/02 & 02/03
09/02/76 - Single female. Seen again on 29/02
08/11/78 - Single female
04/01/80 - Two birds, inc. a male
11/01/99 - Single female. Seen again on 12/01. (DWH)
26/12/00 - Single redhead stayed 2 days
28/12/08 - One pair
23/11/19 - Single redhead stayed to the end of the year and well into 2020 (DWH)
2020 - The redhead from last year remained and was seen almost daily from 01/01 to 11/02. What may have been the same individual was then seen on 23/03, 30/03 and 02/04