Shetland Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.













Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.





Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.












Place: Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.











[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles

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