Shoveler
Taken at Leighton Moss on 23rd March 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Figgate Park on 20th January 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Eclispe plumage
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 16th September 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Female
Taken at Leighton Moss on 19th April 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens		 Fact File
Juvenile Male
Taken at Caerlaverock  on 10th October  2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 29th September 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Shoveler.
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Local Names:		 Anas clypeata.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
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Wetlands, marshes. Close to water
Plant material and down.
Vegetation. Feeds by dabbling (non diving) for plant food, swinging its bill from side to side and using the bill to strain food from the water.
This bird also eats mollusks and insects in the nesting season.
The breeding male has a green head, white breast and chestnut belly and flanks. In flight, pale blue forewing feathers are revealed, separated from the green speculum by a white border. The females are light brown, with plumage much like a female Mallard, but their long broad bill easily identifies them. In non-breeding plumage, the drake looks more like the female.
44-51 cm
1 Brood Mar-June
8 to 12 pale greenish gray or olive-buff.
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