Rare winter visitor and passage migrant

Rare visitors to Fairlands Valley Lakes, the first record was a female seen from 1 to 11 February 1982. There was one further record from the 1980s, one seen on 27 December 1982.

Three records from the 1990s: a drake on 16 March 1991; a female on 9 April 1997; two females on 19 November 1997.

Between 2000 and 2009 three records: a female on 2 November 2001; a female on 30 October 2006 (possibly the same bird recorded by the WeBS in November); a drake on 23 January 2007.

Seven records between 2010 and 2019: a drake on 31 December 2011; two females on 3 November 2016; drake and female on 15 December 2016; a drake on 5 January 2017; a drake on 8 November 2017; a female on 14 November 2017; a drake on 24 November 2018.

The records since 2020: a female on 23 and 30 October 2021; two females on 23 November 2021; a female on 20 December 2021; a female on 6 February 2023.

Three were also seen at the Town Centre in April 1989.