Somateria mollissima ♀︎
Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4,5-5,6 L IS USM, development in Lightroom.
Photographed on a birdwatchers' boat trip to the Farne Islands, Northumberland.
Wikipedia: "The common eider was formally named by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other ducks in the genus Anas and coined the binomial name Anas mollissima. It is now placed with two other species in the genus Somateria that was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Leach. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα sōma 'body' (stem somat-) and ἔριον erion 'wool'. The specific mollissimus is Latin, meaning 'very soft'. Both parts of the name refer to its down feathers."
Somateria mollissima - Common Eider - Eiderente - Eider - Eider à duvet - Eider común - Edredone - Ejder - Edderfugl - Ea - Haahka - Edredon zwyczajny - . . .
Somateria mollissima ♀︎
Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4,5-5,6 L IS USM, development in Lightroom.
Photographed on a birdwatchers' boat trip to the Farne Islands, Northumberland.
Wikipedia: "The common eider was formally named by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other ducks in the genus Anas and coined the binomial name Anas mollissima. It is now placed with two other species in the genus Somateria that was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Leach. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα sōma 'body' (stem somat-) and ἔριον erion 'wool'. The specific mollissimus is Latin, meaning 'very soft'. Both parts of the name refer to its down feathers."
Somateria mollissima - Common Eider - Eiderente - Eider - Eider à duvet - Eider común - Edredone - Ejder - Edderfugl - Ea - Haahka - Edredon zwyczajny - . . .