Went down to East Cove this afternoon to pick up Royal Navy birder Steve Copsey, on the way back to Stanley we decided to check out a couple of the ponds on the East Cove Road.

On one on the unnamed ponds we could see a large number of Black Necked Swans, so we decided to have a walk around to the far side to check out numbers.

After about twenty minutes of walking Steve found the below male Cinnamon Teal, a bird that he had failed to see when stationed here for six months back in 2006.

Other birds on the pond included Speckled Teal, Chiloe Wigeon, 35 Yellow Billed Pintail, 15+ Silver Teal, 50+ Black Necked Swans & 10+ White Tufted Grebe.

The below pictures were taken by Steve Copsey in a severe south westerly blizzard and are dedicated to Mark “Flasher” Cutts who also failed to connect with this species when stationed here.