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Whooper Swan Loch Mor summer 2006 |
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Whooper Swans family party on Loch Stilligarry, Nov.2006 |
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Greenland White-fronted Geese winter visitor and passage migrant |
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Greylag Goose Common resident. Population increasing. Also winter visitor from Iceland although numbers not known. photo: Steve Duffield |
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Pink-footed Goose Borve machair, Benbecula Oct. 2006 |
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Brent Geese 4 drak-bellied birds at Torlum 29.10.06 This race is much rarer here than pale-bellied brents |
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Brent Geese pale-bellied Brents pass through in good numbers in both spring and autumn photo: John Kemp |
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Brent Goose subsp. hrota mainy a passage migrant although small numbers have started to winter. photo: Ron Summers |
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Barnacle Geese Berneray Nov. 2006 |
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Mandarin Rare visitor to the islands. The bird here is a female.
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Mandarin The female can be told from female Wood Duck by the pale tip to the bill and amount of white around the eye. photo: Steve Duffield |
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Gadwall Regular visitor and scarce breeder Photo taken at Loch Fada, 2007 |
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Gadwall A female with ducklings on the Monach Isles, July 2007 photo: Steve Duffield |
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American Wigeon Male on Loch Bee Jan 08. Scarce but regular visitor. photo: John Kemp |
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Green-winged Teal Scarce but regular visitor. Photo: Terry Fountain, Loch an't-Saile. |
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Garganey Regular but fairly scarce spring visitor. Photo taken at Loch Mor May 2007 photo: John Kemp |
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Blue-winged Teal 3 on the river at Howmore, 14th Sept 09 |
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Blue-winged Teal Rare visitor |
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Ring-necked Duck Juvenile on Loch Dobhrain, South Uist, Oct 07. Regular visitor photo: Steve Duffield |
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Ring-necked Duck Juvenile South Uist, Oct. 07 photo: Steve Duffield |
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Male Scaup with Tufted Duck and Mute Swans S Uist, 2006 |
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Lesser Scaup 1stw male at Loch Sandary, N Uist Nov 2006 photo: John Kemp |
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Lesser Scaup 1st w male showing diagnostic under wing pattern. Coot Loch, Benbecula 2007 |
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Eider male showing sails, Lewis 2006 |
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Eiders Lewis 2006 |
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Eider female on nest |
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Eider Common resident breeder photo: Steve Duffield |
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Eider male and female, Male showing sails, North Bay, S Uist Feb 2007 |
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Common Scoter Passage and winter visitor. This male was photographed on St. Kilda 2007 photo: Terry Fountain |
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Surf Scoter juvenile at Loch Ardvule 08.10.06 |
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Surf Scoter Loch Ardvule, Oct 2006 |
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Long-tailed Duck male and female Culla Bay, Benbecula Feb 2007 |
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Bufflehead Arnol June 2007 Vagrant photo: Martin Scott |