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Goosander family, River Kelvin
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Goosander (Mergus merganser) female and chicks on the River Kelvin, Maryhill, June 2020, taken by Pat Thomson. The female (sometimes known as a redhead) shows a definite line between the brown head and the white breast. This distinguishes a Goosander from a Red-breasted meganser, in which these two colours merge.
06 June 2020
Eider Duck family and Common seals, Ham Voe, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) family and Common seals (Phoca vitulina), Ham Voe, Foula
30 June 2014
Eider Duck family, Ham Voe, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) family, Ham Voe, Foula.
30 June 2014
Eider Duck mother and young
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) mother and young on Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
01 June 2012
Sanda, Eider ducks and fluffy young
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Sanda
Sanda, Eider ducks and fluffy young with sea stacks in the background.
17 June 2006
Ptarmigan with chick, Glenshee
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Glenshee - summer scenery and Ptarmigan
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) chicks are every bit as well camouflaged as their parents. This image shows a fluffy youngster with its mother.
Young ptarmigan can get up and run away almost as soon as they are born.
