A rare visitor to the UK. The vast majority of British records are from Scotland but the species seems to be turning up more often in England, including in Norfolk where I was fortunate to find one of the birds shown below. The other photos were obtained in North America where this species is very common.
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male Surf Scoter, Point Reyes (California, USA), 2nd May 2005
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juvenile Surf Scoter (with Velvet Scoter in some and with Common Scoters in bottom left), Sheringham (Norfolk, UK), 17th November 2012
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male and female Surf Scoters, Point Reyes (California, USA), 2nd May 2005
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Surf Scoters (including first-summer male, right), Seaside (California, USA), 1st May 2005
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male Surf Scoter (with Velvet Scoter in one photo), Joppa (Lothian, UK), 19th March 2014
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male Surf Scoter (with Velvet and Common Scoters), Holkham Bay (Norfolk, UK), 4th November 2014
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