Back in Suffolk

I've come back to the family home in Suffolk for the Christmas break. I set off a bit later than planned (not that I was doing any last minute, panic buying of presents or anything), so I only had an hour out birding when I arrived. I headed for Stoke Sailing Club, on the River Orwell, and bagged a quality trio of Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, and Slavonian Grebe; the latter is a regular winter visitor to this area nowadays, but normally on the Stour, or at Alton Water - I can't remember seeing one on the Orwell before. Unfortunately it was too far away to digiscope, but I got record shots of the other two.

Velvet Scoter on the Orwell

Long-tailed Duck on the Orwell