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  • Gadwall (female) Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera - Male. L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Gadwall Anas strepera L 46-55cm. Rather nondescript dabbling duck. Distant male looks grey and brown but close view reveals intricate feather patterns. In flight, both sexes show white in speculum; male also has chestnut on inner wing. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has buffish head and neck, with a clear separation from grey, finely-patterned breast and flanks. Centre of belly is white; black stern is useful identification feature. Has dark bill and yellow legs. In eclipse, male resembles adult female. Adult female has mottled brown plumage with greyish head and yellow bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters croaking call and female utters mallard-like quack. Status Found on shallow freshwater; dabbles for water plants.
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Female
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  • Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - male
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - female
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  • Grey Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus - Winter Adult. L 20-21cm. Confiding wader that habitually swims and spends its non-breeding life at sea. Bill is shorter and stouter than similar Red-necked, and has yellow base. Sexes are dissimilar in breeding plumage (seen here occasionally). Winter adult has grey upperparts, white underparts, dark cap and nape, and black ‘panda’ mark the eye. Adult female in summer has orange-red neck and underparts, dark crown, white face patch, and buff-fringed dark back feathers. Adult male in summer is similar but duller. Juvenile recalls winter adult but plumage is tinged buff and back feathers are dark with buff fringes. Voice Utters a sharp pit flight call. Status Nests in high Arctic, winters in tropical seas and seen here on migration, mostly in autumn but sometimes spring. Mainly coastal but sometimes on reservoirs.
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  • Falcated Teal - Anas falcata
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  • Falcated Teal - Anas falcata
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - male
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - male
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Male
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - male
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  • Falcated Teal - Anas falcata - Adult male
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  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos L 50-65cm. Our most familiar duck. In flight, both sexes show white-bordered blue speculum. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has yellow bill and green, shiny head and upper neck, separated from chestnut breast by striking white collar. Underparts are grey-brown except for black stern and white tail. Back is grey-brown grading to reddish brown. Legs and feet are orange. In eclipse, male resembles adult female but note yellow bill and well-defined reddish brown breast. Adult female has orange-brown bill and mottled brown plumage. Legs and feet are dull orange-yellow. Juvenile is similar to adult female. Voice Male utters whistles and nasal calls. Female utters familiar quack. Status Widespread, commonest on lowland lakes, rivers and urban ornamental lakes.
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  • Falcated Teal - Anas falcata - Adult male
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  • Falcated Teal - Anas falcata
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - female
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - female
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Female
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Male
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - male
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  • Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis - female
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - male
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  • Gadwall - Mareca strepera
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - male
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  • Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - adult
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera
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  • Brown Teal - Anas aucklandica - adult non-breeding
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - female
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - male
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  • American Wigeon - Mareca americana - Adult male
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - female
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  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos L 50-65cm. Our most familiar duck. In flight, both sexes show white-bordered blue speculum. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has yellow bill and green, shiny head and upper neck, separated from chestnut breast by striking white collar. Underparts are grey-brown except for black stern and white tail. Back is grey-brown grading to reddish brown. Legs and feet are orange. In eclipse, male resembles adult female but note yellow bill and well-defined reddish brown breast. Adult female has orange-brown bill and mottled brown plumage. Legs and feet are dull orange-yellow. Juvenile is similar to adult female. Voice Male utters whistles and nasal calls. Female utters familiar quack. Status Widespread, commonest on lowland lakes, rivers and urban ornamental lakes.
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - female
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna. L 55-65cm. Goose-sized duck with bold markings. In poor light, looks black and white. In flight, note contrast between white wing coverts and black flight feathers. Sifts mud for small invertebrates. Nests in burrows. Sexes are separable with care. Adult male is mainly white but with dark green head and upper neck (looks black in poor light), chestnut breast band, black belly stripe and flush of orange-buff under tail. Legs are pink and bill is bright red with knob at base. Adult female is similar but bill’s basal knob is much smaller. Juvenile has mainly buffish grey upperparts and white underparts. Voice Courting male whistles while female’s call is a cackling gagaga… Status Common on most estuaries and mudflats; local at inland freshwater sites. Migrates to favoured sites like Bridgwater Bay in Somerset for summer moult.
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  • American Wigeon - Mareca americana - Adult male
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • Garganey (male) Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Pintail - Anas acuta - female.  L 51-66cm. Recognised by elongated appearance; male is unmistakable. In flight, male’s grey wings and green speculum are striking; female’s white trailing edge on inner wing is obvious. Sexes are dissimilar in regards. Adult male has chocolate brown head and nape, with white breast extending as stripe up side of head. Plumage is otherwise grey and finely marked but note cream and black stern, and long, pointed tail, often held at an angle. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing pattern. Adult female has mottled buffish brown plumage. Juvenile is similar to adult female. Voice Male utters a whistle, female’s call is grating. Status Rare breeding species (on freshwater marshes) but fairly common in winter, often on estuaries.
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - female
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - female
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - male
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  • American Wigeon - Mareca americana - Adult male
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  • American Wigeon - Mareca americana - Adult female
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • Gadwall - Anas strepera - male
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • American Wigeon - Mareca americana - Adult female
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  • Garganey (female) Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula. L 37-41cm. Teal-sized summer visitor to the region. Favours emergent wetland vegetation, hence unobtrusive. In flight, male shows pale blue-grey forewing and white-bordered greenish speculum; female’s speculum is brown. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has reddish brown head and broad white stripe above and behind eye. Breast is brown but otherwise plumage is greyish, except for mottled buffish brown stern. In eclipse, resembles adult female but retains wing patterns. Adult female has mottled brown plumage; similar to female Teal but bill is uniform grey bill and has pale spot at base of bill. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters diagnostic rattle. Status Scarce breeding bird but fairly widespread on migration.
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  • WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa Length 43-50cm<br />
A distinctive duck, males of which have gaudy and striking plumage. Females, although sombre by comparison, are well marked although the potential for confusion with a female Mandarin Duck must be considered. The sexes are strikingly dissimilar.<br />
Adult male has a shiny greenish blue crown and mane, adorned with white lines. The chin and throat are white, extending onto the face as white lines. The breast is maroon, the flanks are buff and the back is greenish; these three areas are separated by white lines. Adult female has mainly brown plumage, darkest on the back and head. The breast and flanks are marked with fine buffish streak-like spots. There is a white ‘spectacle’ around the eye and the white is more extensive than in a female Mandarin Duck. There is a small and well-defined amount of white on the throat and the bill is uniformly dark. Juvenile resembles an adult female but the colours are duller and the patterns less striking. STATUS A North American native that has established itself, to a limited degree, as a result of escaping from wildfowl collections or being deliberately released. It favours well-vegetated lakes with wooded margins.
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  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - male
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula - male
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula - male
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  • Garganey - Spatula querquedula - male
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