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| Record shot of drake Smew. |
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| Drake Smews |
Two beautiful drake Smew ( Mergus albellus ) have been present at Roadford resevoir in Devon for a couple of weeks , and now living only five minutes away I have been to see them on a few afternoons, and although showing well through binoculars and scope, they have always been too far away to get a decent shot, hence the two record shots here. I,m just waiting for the unlikely event of them swimming past the hide. I've seen a few female ( brownheads ) Smews ,but these are my first males , and what cracking birds they are.
