Smew 
Male
Taken a Broadwood Loch on 14th December 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 4th February 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 6th December 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Smew
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Mergus Albellus.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.

Female known as Red Headed Smew

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It nests in tree holes, such as old woodpecker nests.
Mainly fish in the winter and insects and their larvae in the summer.
Breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia. As a migrant, it leaves its breeding areas and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, northern Germany and the Low Countries, with a small number reaching Great Britain.
Males are white with a black mask and a black back with fine black marks on the side of the breast. The females are mottled grey with a striking reddish head with white cheeks.
38 - 44 cm
6 - 9 cream coloured
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