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TBOSG Green-winged Teal - Anus carolinensis
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Green-winged Teal is a common and widespread duck in North America which breeds in the northernmost areas and is their smallest dabbling duck. It is the New World counterpart of Common Teal with which it is sometimes considered conspecific. This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters far south of its breeding range. It is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks. In flight, the fast, twisting flocks resemble waders. |
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Earliest: January 4th 2001 at Oldbury Power Station. Latest: January 27th 2010 at Oldbury Power Station. Highest Count: One on two dates. |
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There have been two Green-winged Teal reported from S. Gloucestershire, they are; |
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| 2010: (1) | A male was seen on January 27th on Lagoon I at Oldbury Power Station before being flushed onto the tidal reservoir. It later returned to Lagoon I at high tide; |
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Drake Green-winged Teal at Oldbury Power Station. January 2010. |
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2001: (1) |
A male in winter plumage was identified on January 4th at Oldbury Power Station. It was present for nineteen days and was last noted on January 22nd. This occurrence constitutes the first report of this species for S. Gloucestershire. |
