Goosander 
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 9th February 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 2nd January 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 8th February 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 3rd February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Female

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 2nd March 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.

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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 24th January 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.

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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 4th October 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 6th April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 30th January 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Male in Eclipse Plumage
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 20th October 2020 using Nikon D200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Eclipse Male Goosander

Female in Eclipse Plumage   New
Taken at Mussleburgh on 25th September 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Juvenile Male
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 16th November 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Juvenile Female
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 20th October 2020 using Nikon D200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Juvenile Female Goosander
Hatchling
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 25th May 2017 using Nikon D5200 with 600mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 13th December 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 25th January 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Lunch
Taken at Figgate Park on 22nd December 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Goosander.
Species:
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Local Names:		 Mergus merganser
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
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Eggs:		 Typically in a crevice of a deciduous tree along the shore.
Fish. They locate their prey by sight.
The male has a dark green head, black back, red bill and feet with a white body. The female has a reddish-brown head with a grey/white body. Bill and feet are red like the male.
70 cms.
78-94 cms.
May to June.
9 to 12 per clutch. Pale yellow, ivory, or white.
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