Thanks. It doesn't need to be rarity to give a thrill, the beauty of patch birding!

Getting more & more scarce as time goes on!

Hi Steve, thanks for your input. Here's another photo, all taken into the bright sun unfortunately!

Interesting, Geoff. When I saw it I thought the shape of the head/neck didn't look quite right for N Pintail.

Nice! Spectacular birds!

Very nice! That would have been a 'genuine vagrant' WTE too, not one of the IOW reintroduction birds!

Mine is a tiny garden in a housing estate on outskirts of Chard at quite high altitude. I've had decent numbers earlier in the summer, so maybe just local weather conditions weren't great last night🤔