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Eider Duck creche
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
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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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
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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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
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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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
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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Western Isles - North Uist
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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Western Isles - North Uist
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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Western Isles - North Uist
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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Western Isles - North Uist
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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Western Isles - South Uist
Eider ducks and ducklings, Rudha Aird a' Mhuile, South Uist
03 July 2010
Eiders and Herring Gull, Tiree
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Tiree
A pair of Eider Ducks (Somateria mollissima) were not impressed by the sudden appearance of a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Sanderling (Calidris alba), and Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) can also be seen on the shore.
