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Birds seen on lakes rivers and reservoirs in the UK: Goosander |
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Alan’s Home Page - Goosander http://www.glastonbury.eclipse.co.uk/web_site_with_me_0000ad.htm Offers colour image of pair of goosanders on lake in southwest England. Discover the differences between the aggressively marked male and his more subtle mate. |
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British Trust for Ornithology -
Goosander, Mergus merganser http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrgoosa.htm Tells of UK conservation listing and long-term trends of this very effective fisher. Also offers actual numbers in UK from 1980-2003 presented as graph. |
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Bucks Birds - Goosander, Mergus
merganser http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/Goosander1.htm Pore over set of three colour pictures taken in southwest England of particularly handsome duck on water. Records photographer’s name, location, and date. |
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Cumbria Bird Club - Goosander
Mobbing Golden Eagle http://www.cumbriabirdclub.freeserve.co.uk/CBCnews/ goosander_mobbing_golden_eagle.htm Browse interesting article about a single goosander dive-bombing a female eagle. Talks about more “mobbing” and a brave attack on a red deer calf. |
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Isle of Man Birding - Goosander http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/goosander.htm Publishes two locations on small island in the Irish Sea where you are likely to sight a goosander. Also provides set of four colour images and sightings by month. |
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Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve -
Goosander http://www.rspb.vyrnwy.org/birds/g_andr.htm Absorb article about duck that only started to breed on Welsh lake thirty-five years ago. Read about current numbers, their roosting and pairing, plus colour image. |
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Lincolnshire Bird Club - Goosander http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/goosander.htm Recognise shape, colour, and markings of the goosander with this colour picture of duck on water. Catalogues photographer’s name, location, and photographic technical data. |
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Peterborough Bird Club: Annual
Report - Goosander
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/goosander.html Check out the incidences of the goosander being sighted in and around a town in eastern England. Field study notes record numbers, location, and dates for 1998-2003. |
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Royal Society for Protection of
Birds - Goosander http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/goosander/ Find out about diving duck that has unusually designed bill and apparently has no call. View colour illustration and distribution map of Britain. |
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Tiscali Reference - Goosander,
Mergus merganser http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_goosander.html Review this short-form description of duck regularly sighted in UK that survives almost entirely on fish. Describes appearance, social behaviour, and nesting. |
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Birds on
lakes rivers & reservoirs in UK
