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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
An Eider duck and five chicks on a loch |
| Image notes: |
Taken on Hascosay,an uninhabited island near Mid-Yell |
| Species in Image: |
Eider |
| Date: |
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| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00561 |
| 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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