Eurasion Wigeon
Taken at Musselburgh on 20th January 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 19th January 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens Fact File

Female
Taken at Musselburgh on 20th January 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Female
Taken at Caerlaverock  on 10th October  2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Eclipse Plumage        
Taken at Figgate Park on 31st October 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Juvenile
Taken at Barns Ness on 7th December 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Belhaven Bay on 31st December 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Doing what comes "au naturel" Fact File

Taken at Belhaven Bay on 18th November 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Pow Burn on 21st October 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Musselburgh on 7th December 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Eurasion Wigeon.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names:
Anas penelope.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
Bald Pate, Common Wigeon, Easterling, Pandled Whew, Pundle, Whew Duck, Whewer, Whim.
Site Of Nest:
Materials:
Food:
Plumage:


Length:
Nesting Period:
Eggs:
Long vegetation on the ground.
Dead water plants, lined with sooty brown down.
Tender parts of plants, insects etc
Yellow forehead, chestnut head and neck, round grey body, black and white stern, pink breast, white bands on wings, white belly, short black-tipped greyish bill.
45 - 51 cm .
April - July. 1 Clutch.
8 or 9, Creamy White.
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