SURF SCOTER Melanitta perspicillata A.
Vagrant; rare - from North America.
This species became ex-BBRC in 1991.
3 accepted records:
3). 2025, 9th March: Red Wharf Bay - Drake, off Llanddona beach. (Accepted by WBRC).
2). 2023, 28th January – 6th March: Benllech, Red Wharf Bay – Adult drake, photographed (S&RBiW 2023 p8).
1). 2003, 18th January – 5th February: Trearddur Bay – 1st winter. (S&RBiW 2003 p6).