This is the BH 1st summer bird I mentioned to some yesterday, I watched it for quite sometime continually surface feeding at Rhaslas, but distant. There appeared to be something different about the bird so I even went back in the evening when I got the perched pic, but looking at them the only difference I can see from nominate is the paler mantle and what apppear to be longer legs but no other BH present to gauge size. Any thoughts on ssp L. r. sibiricus.
sibiricus would be a tough call without nominate ssp alongside to obtain a direct comparison. It does look pale, but it could be a bird that wintered further south in much sunnier climes, and the paleness is just a result of bleaching. But keep searching,
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