Click on one of the thumbnails to the right to view the corresponding item.
Search Results Click a thumbnail to view.
Red-breasted Mergansers, Tiree
14327
295
Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Group of Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator), Tiree. On the right is a probable first year male which has a dark eye-ring during moult which begins in August and lasts throughout the winter and even as late as April.
29 April 2014
Red Head, Eday
06878
188
Orkney - Eday
Red Head, Eday, Orkney
16 July 2015
Red Head and Holm of Faray, Orkney
06877
188
Orkney - Eday
Red Head and Holm of Faray, Eday, Orkney
16 July 2015
Stanger Head, Westray
06876
188
Orkney - Eday
Stranger Head, Westray, Orkney
16 July 2015
Red Head, Orkney
06875
188
Orkney - Eday
Calf of Eday, Red Head, Sanday, Orkney
16 July 2015
Red Head and Calf of Eday, Orkney
06871
188
Orkney - Eday
Red Head and Calf of Eday, Orkney
16 July 2015
Red breasted mergansers entering water
00271
19
Firth of Clyde - Birds of the Firth of Clyde
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) pair entering the water at the north end of Great Cumbrae. Both birds are moulting and are red-heads at this stage in September. On the left is a male Red Breasted Merganser with dark scapulars and more patches of white on the wing and female on the right, with less well-defined plumage , in particular having a greyer back and less white on the wings.
