Watching Newgale marsh from the pub car park today, Dave Gibbs and I
saw 2 drake Green-winged Teals simultaneously. One appeared to be full
adult with a crisp black line along the upper edge of the flank and
well-developed long grey scapulars; while the other didn't show the
black line or long scaps but did show some irregular brown-barred
feathering where the black line should have been. Both were clearly
drakes, both displayed with head bobbing at times, and both showed the
classic reduced cream lines on the head and obvious vertical white line
at the breast side. Both also showed a brownish breast. So I would say
1x adult and 1x sub-adult
perhaps.
We had great views of both over about 20 mins at around 1pm and I rang the news straight in to Birdguides at the time.
Andy Mears - Bath