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Jun 26 |
Ducks+, Garganey |
Little Stint |
2243 Views |
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The Garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck which breeds right across Temperate Eurasia. It is strongly migratory to three main areas 1 Central Africa and the Nile Valley, 2 the Indian subcontinent and 3 SE Asia...
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Jun 26 |
Ducks+, Pygmy-geese |
Little Stint |
2170 Views |
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The Cotton pygmy-goose – Nettapus coromandelianus – or Cotton Teal is one of the smallest waterfowl in the world and is widely distributed across the Old World. Its range extends Eastwards from Syria across Southern...
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Jun 26 |
Ducks+, Shelducks |
Little Stint |
2350 Views |
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The Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) resembles a small short necked goose and breeds across the Temperate Palearctic area. In the AWB Region it is mostly a Winter Visitor except for the Southern Caucasus and Southern Iran where...
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Jun 25 |
Ducks+, Shelducks |
Little Stint |
2190 Views |
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The Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a very distinctive shelduck with its noticeable bright rusty – orange plumage. Its natural breeding range is across Asia from The Black Sea to Central Asia and it migrates further...
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Jun 25 |
Ducks+, Geese |
Little Stint |
2111 Views |
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The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is a smallish goose, native to much of Africa, south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley into Egypt. Outside of its natural habitat it has been taken to a number of countries for decorative...
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Jun 25 |
Ducks+, Swans |
Little Stint |
2090 Views |
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The Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a very large Palearctic swan. Its range extends from Iceland right across Northern Europe, Russia and Siberia to the Far East. It migrates South to many separate temperate regions from the UK...
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Jun 25 |
Ducks+, Swans |
Little Stint |
2074 Views |
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The Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is the smallest of the Holarctic swans and is a recent combination of two traditional species, the Bewick’s swan of the old world Palearctic region and the Whistling swan of the North...
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Jun 24 |
Ducks+, Geese |
Little Stint |
2010 Views |
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The Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is a smaller version of the Greater white-fronted goose and breeds right across the northern edge of the Palearctic region from northern Norway to the Far East. It is strongly...
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Jun 24 |
Ducks+, Geese |
Little Stint |
2024 Views |
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The Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a large goose and is named after the patch of white feathers on its forehead at the base of its bill. They breed across the Arctic coasts of Russia and North America, with an...
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Jun 23 |
Ducks+, Geese |
Little Stint |
2261 Views |
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The Greylag Goose (Anser anser), is a large goose with a wide breeding range that extends right across Eurasia, it is strongly migratory to a more discontinuous winter range to the south of its breeding range. Within the AWB...
