Tufted Duck
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 29th February 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 Bingham's Pond on 8th January 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Victoria Park on 8th January 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 25th February 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 17th February 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 18th January 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Female
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 21st February 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Greenhead Moss on 30th November 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 11th June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Tufted Duck
Ducklings
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 1st August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Juvenile
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 24th August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 28th January 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Tufted Duck.
Species:
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Local names:
Aythya fuligula.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
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Close to marshes and lakes with plenty of vegetation to conceal
the nest.
These birds feed mainly by diving, but they will dabble.
They eat molluscs, aquatic insects and some plants and sometimes
feed at night.
The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill.It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name. The adult female is brown with paler flanks, and is more easily confused with other diving ducks.
40-47 cms
Starts May.
8-11.
Female Voice:
Male Voice: