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Eider Duck creche
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) creche, Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde. The chicks are very vulnerable to predators at this stage, particularly gulls, so two or more adult females look after the young from more than one brood in a creche.
01 June 2012
Eider Duck chicks
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) chicks, Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde. The chicks are very vulnerable to predators at this stage, particularly gulls.
01 June 2012
Eider Duck creche
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) creche, Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde. The chicks are very vulnerable to predators at this stage, particularly gulls, so two or more adult females look after the young from more than one brood in a creche.
01 June 2012
Eider Duck creche
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) creche, Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde. The chicks are very vulnerable to predators at this stage, particularly gulls, so two or more adult females look after the young from more than one brood in a creche.
01 June 2012
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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North Uist (Uibhist a' Tuath)
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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North Uist (Uibhist a' Tuath)
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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North Uist (Uibhist a' Tuath)
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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North Uist (Uibhist a' Tuath)
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider ducks and ducklings, Rudha Aird a' Mhuile, South Uist
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South Uist (Uibhist a' Deas)
Eider ducks and ducklings, Rudha Aird a' Mhuile, South Uist
03 July 2010
Eider Ducks, Ballochmartin Bay
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Eider Ducks (Somateria mollissima) at Ballochmartin Bay. First year males are a mottled brown colour, with a prominent white breast. In contrast, adult males in their non-breeding"eclipse" plumage have a dark head, belly, and flanks between July and October.