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  • Bay Bolete - Boletus badius (aka Xerocomus badius)
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  • Bay Bolete - Boletus badius (aka Xerocomus badius)
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  • Bay Bolete - Boletus badius (aka Xerocomus badius)
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  • Bay Bolete - Boletus badius (aka Xerocomus badius)
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  • Whitesands Bay and St David's Head from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • Whitesands Bay and St David's Head from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • Whitesands Bay and St David's Head from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • Whitesands Bay and St David's Head from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • The coastline of Lundy Island from The Castle and the landing bay looking along the east side
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  • Steps leading down to the beach at Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Pebble stack on the beach near Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • The Landing Bay and South Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The Landing Bay and South Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The Landing Bay and South Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The Landing Bay and South Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The coastline of Lundy Island from The Castle and the landing bay looking along the east side
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  • The Landing Bay and South Light, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • Lugworm Casts, Budle Bay, Northumberland
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  • Drift wood and rubbish accumulated on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset.
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  • Landing Bay on Lundy, Devon
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  • Landing bay and east side, Lundy, Devon
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  • Landing Bay and east Side, Lundy, Devon
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  • Angler fishing in the last light of evening at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Dawn from Tolman Point near Old Town Bay on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn from Tolman Point near Old Town Bay on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • The last glimmers of light over Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • The last glimmers of light over Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Rocky shoreline at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Setting a trap in a rock pool at Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Classic coastal rock pool, Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Classic coastal rock pool, Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Dawn light over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Dawn light over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Dawn light over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Dawn light over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Wylfa Nuclear Plant from Cemlyn Bay Nature Reserve, Anglesey, Wales
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  • Wylfa Nuclear Plant from Cemlyn Bay Nature Reserve, Anglesey, Wales
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  • View across Whitesands Bay from the end of St David's Head looking toward Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • View across Whitesands Bay from the end of St David's Head looking toward Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Uk
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  • Dawn over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn over Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • View across Old Town Bay from Carn Leh looking towards Tolman Point, St Mary's. Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn waves break over a large rock in Old Town Bay, St Mary's. Isles of Scilly
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  • View of Hog Bay looking towards Somerset Village, Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Rock-samphire - Crithmum maritimum (Apiaceae) Height to 40cm<br />
Spreading, branched and hairless perennial. Characteristic of maritime rocky habitats and stabilised coastal shingle. FLOWERS are greenish yellow and borne in umbels, 3-6cm across, with 8-30 rays and numerous bracts (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are egg-shaped, ridged and corky. LEAVES are divided into narrow, fleshy lobes, triangular in cross-section.
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • LIZARD ORCHID Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae) Height to 1m. Extraordinary orchid of scrub, undisturbed grassland and stabilised dunes. Bizarrely, the flowers smell of goats. FLOWERS have a greenish grey hood, adorned on the inside with reddish streaks, and an extremely long and twisted lip (up to 5cm); borne in tall spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise oval basal leaves that soon wither, and smaller stem leaves that persist. STATUS-Regularly seen in E Kent only; very occasionally turns up elsewhere.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Visitor centre buildings at Walney Island Nature Reserve, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Panorama looking down the mountain railway line on Snowdon towards Clogwyn Station and Llanberis Valley
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  • Winter dawn along the River Thames at Goring Weir, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Lizard Orchid - Himantoglossum hircinum
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  • Carn Leh, Old Town - Isles of Scilly
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • St Agnes' Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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  • St Agnes' Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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  • Greenbottle - Lucila caesar
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
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  • Hoopoe Upupa epops L 25-28cm. Distinctive, with long, downcurved bill. Habit of creeping along ground often makes it hard to spot. In flight, however, unmistakable thanks to bold black-and-white bird pattern and butterfly-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile are mainly pale pinkish brown with black and white barring on wings and back; white rump is seen in flight. Erectile crest of barred, pink feathers is raised in excitement. Voice Utters diagnostic hoo-poo-poo call. Status Has bred here, but best known as scarce visitor in spring and autumn.
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  • Dawn over the harbour and Hugh Town from The Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Smew Mergus albellus - Adult winter male. L 38-44cm. Elegant little diving duck. Male is stunning and unmistakable. Female might be confused with grebe in winter plumage. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male looks pure white at a distance but close view reveals black patch through eye and black lines on breast and back. In eclipse (not seen here) resembles adult female but retains more extensive white on wing. Adult female, Juvenile and 1st winter birds (so-called ‘Redhead’ Smews) have orange-red cap and nape, white on cheek and throat, and grey-brown body. Voice Silent. Status Occasional and unpredictable winter visitor. Turns up on flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and lakes.
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  • COMMON RAGWORT Senecio jacobaea (Asteraceae) - on the cliffs of Lundy. Height to 1m. Hairless and poisonous biennial or short-lived perennial. Grows in grassland; thrives in grazed areas (animals avoid eating living plant). FLOWERS are yellow and borne in heads, 15-25mm across; these are carried in dense, flat-topped clusters (Jun-Nov). FRUITS of disc florets are downy; ray floret fruits hairless. LEAVES are pinnate with a blunt end lobe. Foodplant of Cinnabar Moth larvae. STATUS-Common and widespread
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  • Angry clouds and surf around Shipman Head, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Moored boats on the Harbour Beach on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn over the harbour on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn on the quay at St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn on the quay at St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly
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  • Dawn on the quay at St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly
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  • Sunset over Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Sunset over Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • LIZARD ORCHID Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae) Height to 1m. Extraordinary orchid of scrub, undisturbed grassland and stabilised dunes. Bizarrely, the flowers smell of goats. FLOWERS have a greenish grey hood, adorned on the inside with reddish streaks, and an extremely long and twisted lip (up to 5cm); borne in tall spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise oval basal leaves that soon wither, and smaller stem leaves that persist. STATUS-Regularly seen in E Kent only; very occasionally turns up elsewhere.
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  • LIZARD ORCHID Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae) Height to 1m. Extraordinary orchid of scrub, undisturbed grassland and stabilised dunes. Bizarrely, the flowers smell of goats. FLOWERS have a greenish grey hood, adorned on the inside with reddish streaks, and an extremely long and twisted lip (up to 5cm); borne in tall spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise oval basal leaves that soon wither, and smaller stem leaves that persist. STATUS-Regularly seen in E Kent only; very occasionally turns up elsewhere.
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  • LIZARD ORCHID Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae) Height to 1m. Extraordinary orchid of scrub, undisturbed grassland and stabilised dunes. Bizarrely, the flowers smell of goats. FLOWERS have a greenish grey hood, adorned on the inside with reddish streaks, and an extremely long and twisted lip (up to 5cm); borne in tall spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise oval basal leaves that soon wither, and smaller stem leaves that persist. STATUS-Regularly seen in E Kent only; very occasionally turns up elsewhere.
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  • LIZARD ORCHID Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae) Height to 1m. Extraordinary orchid of scrub, undisturbed grassland and stabilised dunes. Bizarrely, the flowers smell of goats. FLOWERS have a greenish grey hood, adorned on the inside with reddish streaks, and an extremely long and twisted lip (up to 5cm); borne in tall spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise oval basal leaves that soon wither, and smaller stem leaves that persist. STATUS-Regularly seen in E Kent only; very occasionally turns up elsewhere.
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  • Rook Corvus frugilegus L 43-48cm. Familiar farmland bird. Feeds in large flocks (mainly on soil invertebrates) and occupies noisy colonial tree nest sites. Sexes are similar. Adult has black plumage with reddish-purple sheen. Bill is long, narrow and rather pointed; note bare patch of whitish skin at base. Juvenile is similar but skin at base of bill is feathered. Voice Utters a grating craah-craah-craah… call. Status Locally common resident, found mainly on farmland and grassland. Builds large twig nests in clumps of tall trees.
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  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor - juvenile. L 150-160cm. Large, distinctive water bird and a familiar sight. Swimming birds hold long neck in an elegant curve. Family groups are a feature of lowland lakes in spring. Typically tolerant of people. In flight, shallow, powerful wingbeats produce and characteristic, throbbing whine. Sexes are similar but bill’s basal knob is largest in males. Adult has white plumage although crown may have orange-buff suffusion. Bill is orange-red with black base. Juvenile has grubby grey-brown plumage and dull pinkish grey bill. Voice Mostly silent. Status Our commonest swan; the only resident species. Found on freshwater habitats besides which it nests; in winter, also on sheltered coasts.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Coot Fulica atra L 36-38cm. Robust waterbird, often found with Moorhen. Has lobed toes. Feeds by upending, making shallow dives or grazing waterside vegetation. Gregarious outside breeding season. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish plumage, darkest on head and neck. Note white bill and frontal shield on head, and beady red eye. Legs are pale yellowish. In flight, shows white trailing edge on otherwise dark, rounded wings. Juvenile has dark greyish brown upperparts and white on throat and front of neck. Voice Utters a loud kwoot call. Status Common resident, found on range of freshwater wetland habitats; numbers boosted in winter by influx of migrants.
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  • Overlooking the beach and Duddon Estuary on Walney Island Nature Reserve, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Eider on the beach at Walney Island with Peil Castle in the background, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Late afternoon sun over the beach at low tide, Titchwell, Norfolk, Uk
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  • Walney Lighthouse on Walney Island Nature Reserve, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Uk
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  • RSPB reserve at Titchwell, Norfolk, Uk
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  • RSPB reserve at Titchwell, Norfolk, Uk
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  • Sunset over the beach at Titchwell nature reserve, Norfolk, Uk
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