Ben Hall / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male swimming, Northumberland, UK
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Jeff Wilson / View through the porthole of science teams and Frozen Planet film crew working on the sea ice in the Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. The film crew were in search of Spectacled eider ducks, temper...
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunrise over coastal mudflats with Shelduck feeding (Tadorna tadorna), Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve, Bowness, Solway Firth, Cumbria, UK, April 2011
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David Woodfall / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) moulting birds at high tide roost, Bridgewater Bay NNR, Severn estuary This is a nationally significant site for this species, Somerset, England, August 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) on sea, Kallskr, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Four Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) flying over sea, Kallskr, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, June 2009
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Bruno D'Amicis / Long tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) male. Baltic sea coast, Germany
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Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) duckling swimming on sea, Northumberland, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Eiders (Somateria mollissima) three males in eclipse plumage and a female roosting on sandstone shore at high tide, Fife, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Eiders (Somateria mollissima) three female duck roosting on sandstone shore at high tide, Fife, UK, July.
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male flying over sea in evening light. Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, March. Did you know? The collection of eider down has been recorded from the 14th century. However it...
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Todd Mintz / King Eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) group in flight over Arctic ocean, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, July
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Todd Mintz / King Eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) group in flight over Arctic ocean, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, July
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Roy Mangersnes / King eider (Somateria spectabilis) drake taking off from the sea, Finnmark, Northern Norway, April
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Gerrit Vyn / Long tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) male and female flock on water in basic (winter) plumage. Ocean County, New Jersey, USA January
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Brent Stephenson / Female Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata) with duckling in shallow water. Haumoana, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.
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Brent Stephenson / Male Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis) on pond. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.
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Markus Varesvuo / Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) attacking Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) whilst Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) catches a Velvet Scoter chick, Finland July
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Markus Varesvuo / Eider (Somateria mollisima) group flying over coastal sea and ice, Finland March
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Markus Varesvuo / Eider (Somateria mollisima) flock in flight over coastal ice and sea, Finland March
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Markus Varesvuo / Eider (Somateria mollisima) flock flying over sea, Finland March
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Alan Williams / Two male Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) swimming near shore, North Uist ,Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May
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Andrew Parkinson / Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) female leads her ducklings towards the sea, Farne Islands, UK, June.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Leigh-on-Sea town with sailing dinghy and flock of Dark-bellied brent geese (Branta bernicla bernicla) in the foreground, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK, October 2010
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George Sanker / Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) in flight low over water. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.
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Ernie Janes / RF- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) close up of plumage on wing of drake, UK. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Jeff Wilson / The Frozen Planet team waiting to board the United States Coastguard Cutter 'Healy' in Dutch Harbour, Alaska, USA, on their way to film Spectacled eider ducks in the Bering Sea, March 2008. Taken on l...
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Jeff Wilson / The crew of United States Coastguard Cutter 'Healy' prepare decks in the Bering sea, Alaska, USA. The ship served as a platform for the Frozen Planet crew whilst filming Spectacled eider ducks overwin...
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Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of science teams and Frozen Planet film crew working on the sea ice in the Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. The film crew were in search of Spectacled eider ducks, temperatures rarely...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Dark-bellied brent geese (Branta bernicla) flying in formation across the setting sun, Wallasea Island RSPB reserve, River Crouch, Essex, UK, March 2011. Photographer quote: 'Every winter tho...
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunrise over coastal mudflats with Shelduck feeding (Tadorna tadorna), Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve, Bowness, Solway Firth, Cumbria, UK, April 2011
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Mike Potts / Pintails (Anas acuta) in flight over the sea. Maltraeth Estuary, Anglesey, North Wales, UK, January
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Shattil & Rozinski / Harlequin sea duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) in winter plumage along rocky coast of British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean, September
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Barrie Britton / Eider (Somateria mollissima) flock roosting in a polynya, an ice hole kept open in the frozen sea by tidal currents. Belcher Islands, Hudson Bay, Canada. Picture taken during filming for the BBC "Pla...
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Andrew Parkinson / Five Eider ducklings (Somateria mollissima) resting on a harbour slipway. Shetland Islands, Scotland. July. (non-ex)
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Andrew Parkinson / Five Eider ducklings (Somateria mollissima) resting on a harbour slipway. Shetland Islands, Scotland. July. (non-ex)
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Chris O'Reilly / Mallard duck (Anus platyrhynchos) adult male in flight over the sea, RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk, UK, November
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Pete Oxford / Ruddy-headed goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) standing in profile, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands
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Pete Oxford / Ruddy-headed goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) standing in profile, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands
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Pete Oxford / Ruddy-headed goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) standing in profile, foraging for food, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands
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Pete Oxford / Speckled / Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris) on water, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands
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Pete Oxford / Flock of Upland geese (Chloephaga picta leucoptera) in eclipse plumage. During this moult they can not fly and seek safety in numbers. Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falklan...
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Nick Upton / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) migrating west over the Baltic Sea, passing German Federal Coast Guard ship "FSB Seeadler", off Cap Arkona, Rugen Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, October 20...
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Nick Upton / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) migrating west over the Baltic Sea, Cap Arkona, Rugen Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, October
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Steven Kazlowski / Flock of Common eider (Somateria mollissima) ducks in flight over the Chukchi Sea during spring migration, off the Arctic coastal village of Barrow, Alaska.
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Steven Kazlowski / Male and female King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) caught by an Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence hunter on the pack ice during their spring migration, Chukchi Sea, Barrow, Alaska. USA
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Steven Kazlowski / Portrait of Inupiaq / Inuit man standing with his subsistence catch of King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA, May 2009
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Steven Kazlowski / Mixed flock of King eider (Somateria spectabilis) and Common eider (Somateria mollissima) ducks in flight over the pack ice during spring migration, Chukchi Sea, off the Arctic coastal village of Barr...
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Steven Kazlowski / Mixed flock of King eider (Somateria spectabilis) and Common eider (Somateria mollissima) ducks in flight over the pack ice during spring migration, Chukchi Sea, off the Arctic coastal village of Barr...
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Steven Kazlowski / Mixed flock of King eider (Somateria spectabilis) and Common eider (Somateria mollissima) ducks in flight over the pack ice during spring migration, Chukchi Sea, off the Arctic coastal village of Barr...
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Steven Kazlowski / Mixed flock of King eider (Somateria spectabilis) and Common eider (Somateria mollissima) ducks in flight over the pack ice during spring migration, Chukchi Sea, off the Arctic coastal village of Barr...
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Steven Kazlowski / Flock of Long tailed ducks (Clangula hyemallis) in flight over roguh pack ice of the Chukchi Sea during spring migration, Barrow, Alaska, USA
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Steven Kazlowski / Flock of Long tailed ducks (Clangula hyemallis) in flight over an open lead in the Chukchi Sea during spring migration, Barrow, Alaska.
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Steven Kazlowski / Large flock of King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) in flight through an open lead in the pack ice during spring migration, Chukchi Sea, off the Arctic coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA
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Roy Mangersnes / Flying Steamerduck (Tachyeres patachonicus) pair of the coast of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, South America. November.
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Laurie Campbell / Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) on water, Island of Islay, Scotland, UK, April
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David Tipling / Eider {Somateria mollissima} male in surf, Northumberland, UK
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David Tipling / Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) female in surf, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November
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David Tipling / Male Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) standing on sea shore, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November
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David Tipling / Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) female with ducklings in snow, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November
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David Tipling / Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) pair with two ducklings, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November
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David Tipling / Male Upland goose (Chloephaga picta leucoptera) in snow, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November
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David Tipling / Pair of Kelp geese (Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum) on sea shore, Falklands, November
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Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) and Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) on sea, Kallskr, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, June 2009
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Alan Williams / Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) male on sea, Dee Estuary, Scotland, UK, January
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Alan Williams / Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) male on sea, Dee Estuary, Scotland, UK, January
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Alan Williams / Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) male on sea, Dee Estuary, Scotland, UK, January
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Alan Williams / Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) male on sea, Dee Estuary, Scotland, UK, January
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Alan Williams / Male Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) swimming on sea, Unst, Shetland, UK, June
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Alan Williams / Female Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) with six males swimming on sea, Unst, Shetland, UK, May
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Alan Williams / Male Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) swimming on sea, Unst, Shetland, UK, June
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) flock in flight along the Arctic coast during spring migration, flying across an open lead in the pack ice on the Chukchi Sea off Barrow, Alaska, May
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) flock in flight along the Arctic coast during spring migration, flying across an open lead in the pack ice on the Chukchi Sea off Barrow, Alaska, May
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Gabriel Rojo / Female White headed / Chubut (Tachyeres leucocephalus) swimming, Ria de Puerto Deseado Nature Reserve, Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina, December
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Pete Oxford / Falkland flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) amongst surf, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands
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Pete Oxford / Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) Pebble Island, Off north coast of West Falkland, Falkland Islands
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Graham Eaton / King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) on the sea, Alaska, USA, June. Captive bird.
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Graham Eaton / King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) on the sea, Alaska, USA, June. Captive bird.
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Peter Lewis / Male Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) amongst White sea campion, Isle of May, Scotland, UK
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider (Somateria spectabilis) flying along the Arctic coast of Alaska during their summer migration. Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider (Somateria spectabilis) sitting on ice over the frozen Chukchi Sea, off Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider (Somateria spectabilis) sitting on ice over the frozen Chukchi Sea, off Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska
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Steven Kazlowski / King eider (Somateria spectabilis) sitting on ice over the frozen Chukchi Sea, off Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska
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Steve Knell / King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) 8 males and a female at sea, Norway
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Bruno D'Amicis / Goldeneye duck (Bucephala clangula) male displaying on open water, Baltic sea, Germany
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Bruno D'Amicis / Long tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) male, with winter plumage, on water. Baltic sea coast, Germany
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Bruno D'Amicis / Black scoter (Melanitta nigra) male. Baltic sea coast, Germany
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Kerstin Hinze / European Wigen in flight (Anas penelope) Texel, North Sea, the Netherlands
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Chris Gomersall / Female Common eider (Somateria mollissima) on sea in evening light, Iceland, July 2006
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Sue Flood / Polyna (hole in ice kept open by currents) with eider ducks in Belcher Islands near Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Canada. 2005
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Sue Flood / Polyna (hole in ice kept open by currents) with eider ducks in Belcher Islands near Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Canada. 2005
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Sue Flood / Female eider (Somateria mollisima) eating urchin, Belcher Islands near Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Canada. 2005
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Sue Flood / Female eider (Somateria mollisima) eating urchin, Belcher Islands near Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Canada. 2005
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DAVID TIPLING / Male Eider duck {Somateria mollisima} flying over ocean, Norway
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DAVID TIPLING / Group of Eider duck {Somateria mollissima} swimming at sea, Northumberland, UK.
