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common scoter melanitta nigra

  1. Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

    Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

  2. Common Scoters (female)

    Common Scoters (female)

    These ducks poked up their heads for a few seconds and I took a couple of shots without realizing what they were. When I looked at the pictures later on the laptop I discovered they were Common Scoters much to my surprise. These are birds I am used to seeing as dark spots in the distance while...
  3. Common Scoter

    Common Scoter

    No sign of the reported Little Stint so this chap had to do instead. A hefty thunderstorm soaked us to the skin for our troubles shortly afterwards, so a big thumbs up to Billingham for keeping my camera kit completely dry!
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