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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 .

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Uploaded on March 7, 2017
Taken on March 3, 2017