Taken
at Musselburgh on 20th January 2020
using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at Strathclyde Park on
19th January 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens
Female
Taken at Musselburgh on 20th January 2020
using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Female
Taken at Caerlaverock
on 10th October 2018 using
Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Eclipse Plumage
Taken at Figgate
Park on 31st October 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm
zoom lens.
Juvenile
Taken at Barns
Ness on 7th December 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm
zoom lens.
Taken
at Belhaven Bay
on
31st December 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Doing
what comes "au naturel"
Taken atBelhaven Bay
on 18th November 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken
at Pow
Burn on 21st October 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm
zoom lens.
Taken
at Musselburgh
on 7th December 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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.