“The previous day, we'd seen a white-tailed eagle, little gulls, three smew and, most remarkable of all, a great white egret.”

“The smallest merganser, the Smew of Eurasia sometimes visits America's northeastern shore.”

“During winter the smew is gregarious, living in flocks of thirty or forty individuals, mostly immature.”

“The area is already regionally important for overwintering wildfowl such as pochards, tufted ducks and smews.”

“In winter, small numbers of Smews visit Britain and Ireland, mostly on large lakes, reservoirs and estuaries in East Anglia and south-east England.”