CWP winter rush ...........

7 Jan - A busy day in terms of CWP birding - the redhead Smew found yesterday still present, hopefully for the remainder of the winter, maybe the same individual as last year? This bird to me looks as if it could be an immature male. Pits 29/29/30 always the favoured area. Also newly reported today, 3 Whooper Swans with the Mute Swans by the River Thames at Lechlade, probably the birds that were first seen at Hannington Wick in late 2018. I watched the Smew until it was flushed by other "birders" trespassing and getting too close, and had good views of the Whoopers as well.