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Common Goldeneye

Common Goldeneye / bucephala clangula. Staffordshire. 10/05/18.

 

'RED LETTER DAY.'

 

An image I made just under two years ago when I connected with some Goldeneye.

 

After a lot of diving for food, this female moved to the shallows to preen. It was the first time I had ever seen one with body fully out of the water, so a rare treat! She preened in short bursts of activity and would stand still in-between, observing what was happening around her. How obliging was that!

 

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Uploaded on February 20, 2020
Taken on May 10, 2018