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                      | Image details: | 
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                      | Image Description: | 
                      A large flock of Eiders on a beach | 
                     
                     
                      | Image notes:  | 
                      Taken on the island of Linga, near to the Gutcher ferry terminal in N.Yell.  | 
                     
                     
                      | Species in Image:  | 
                      Eider | 
                     
                     
                      | Date: | 
                      1971 | 
                     
                     
                      | Area:  | 
                      Yell | 
                     
                     
                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | 
                      btc00559 | 
                     
                   
 
 
| General details: | 
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| Common Name | 
Eider | 
 
 
| Latin Name | 
Somateria mollissima | 
 
 
| Shetland Name | 
Dunter | 
 
 
| Latin Group Name | 
Anseriformes | 
 
 
| Latin Family Name | 
Anatidae | 
 
 
| Common Family Name | 
Swans, Geese and Ducks | 
 
 
| Description | 
A breeding resident.  In recent years breeding numbers have greatly decreased.  The reason for this has been difficult to establish.
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