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