Sea bird - Angus coast - Scotland (1 Viewer)

[Wimpy]

Would anyone fancy a guess?

 

[Butty]

Looks like an eider.

 

[delia todd]

What about a Common Scoter?

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

What about a Common Scoter?

A helpful thing is that in the video the bird flaps its wings. Common Scoter do a very distinctive wing flap, where they jerk their head down and then up. You can see an example in this video:

 

[Wimpy]

A helpful thing is that in the video the bird flaps its wings. Common Scoter do a very distinctive wing flap, where they jerk their head down and then up. You can see an example in this video:

Andrew thanks for that. I think that clears it up. I had also gone with a Scoter originally, but the wing flap in my clips does not have those characteristics.

 

[Wimpy]

Thanks everyone, and my apologies as I appear to have posted this query before. The clip was sent to me by my daughter and answered as a female eider. I found the Whatsapp video again today, the file name suggested it needed to be identified.
Once again thanks for your time.

 

[delia todd]

A helpful thing is that in the video the bird flaps its wings. Common Scoter do a very distinctive wing flap, where they jerk their head down and then up. You can see an example in this video:

Well... he's not read the instruction manual

Thanks Andrew... never knew that. As you say... very distinctive!

Is that unique to the Common, or does the White-winged do it too?

Thanks everyone, and my apologies as I appear to have posted this query before. The clip was sent to me by my daughter and answered as a female eider. I found the Whatsapp video again today, the file name suggested it needed to be identified.
Once again thanks for your time.

No problems Wimpy... I'd not seen it before and learnt something new today.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Well... he's not read the instruction manual

Thanks Andrew... never knew that. As you say... very distinctive!

Is that unique to the Common, or does the White-winged do it too?

Don't think Velvet/ White-winged or Surf do it. I guess Black Scoters probably do though.

 

[seawatcher]

Common eider

 

[Winterdune]

Eider. Look at the bill.