Poolbrook, Staveley.
This is the same bird that was at Dix Pit in Oxfordshire December 07-early January 2008, could it be a Thayers or a Kumliens/Thayers Hybrid.
It was about the same size as a Lesser Black Back, the head appeared quite round when we saw it stood on the Ice, the primarys looked brown,and the tertials paler creating a contrast, but reading birding world, Thayers should not show such a strong contrast between the two. See BW Vol 20 No 12 page 503.
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