Male Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Goldeneye Ducks are in fact sea ducks so they are very hardy birds despite being sea ducks they spend very little time in a marine environment . When the large gravel pits at Dungeness are windswept and rough in the winter often the only ducks left in the worst of the waves are Goldeneye . This male is in his winter / Breeding plumage of mostly white with a dark green head .
Male Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Goldeneye Ducks are in fact sea ducks so they are very hardy birds despite being sea ducks they spend very little time in a marine environment . When the large gravel pits at Dungeness are windswept and rough in the winter often the only ducks left in the worst of the waves are Goldeneye . This male is in his winter / Breeding plumage of mostly white with a dark green head .