Northern Shoveler (m) - Anas Clypeata

A shoveler drake on the tack piece at Slimbridge Wetlands Centre, this was taken from the Stephen Kirk hide.

Passing over at Abberton reservoir.

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), is a medium sized duck. Breeding males have dark green head, white breast, and chestnut sides and belly.

Northern Shoveler (male) WWT Slimbridge

Löffelente / Northern Shoveler / Cuchara común / Canard souchet /

Anas clypeata

Female Northern Shoveler

Taken at Greylake nature reserve Somerset.

Northern Shoveler (male eclipse) WWT Slimbridge

This shoveler drake came in at an angle that nicely showed his iridescence.

Northern Shoveler (male), WWT Slimbridge

Nature reserve pond, Colchester Castle Park.

Shoveler seen at RSPB Blacktoft Sands. (1939)

Northern Shoveler

Another shot of the shoveler ducks because I like them a lot 😊

They rarely breed in Denmark and will probably go to Sweden for the summer.

They have just taken off from the lake.

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This pair of Northern Shovelers were seen at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.

The green-headed drake leads in this picture.

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This Northern Shoveler drake gives me the eye as he swims by.

Taken 18 May 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska

Male Northern Shoveler flies by at Silverbell lake in west Tucson Arizona USA

Musselburgh Lagoons

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This shoveler couple was at the lake the other day; caught the in flight, but the thing that I noted was the light coming through their bills from the hole in the backside!

Shoveler WWT Slimbridge

Shovel down stones

I visited Greenway on Sunday. The water level is alarmingly low, but the shovelers were still hanging around. Got several flight captures of these ducks.

Shoveler Duck

Corsham Lake, Wiltshire

A breezy day and no tripod meant a fortuitously fast shutter speed.

Shovel down stones

Shoveler (male) WWT Slimbridge

Northern Shoveler (Sept 19)

Taken at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. :)

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This shoveler hen was making a quick transfer across the lake. I wasn't prepared for a flight shot, resulting in the wing motion. So, I'll call it artistic :)

Absolutely love it when you get perfectly calm water. It’s rare on lake Ontario but when you get some it’s magic.

A male shoveler showing off the curve of his bill in his reflection as he sails past.

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Northern Shoveler (male eclipse), WWT Slimbridge

This shoveler drake had just taken off from the smaller lake at Koll wetlands.

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Shoveler Drake taken at Rutland Water.

A male shoveler sailing on by.

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A fly-by from a Northern Shoveler on a foggy, frosty morning.

A pair of Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) resting in the shallows of a wetland on the prairie landscape east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

17 May, 2018.

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