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Birds seen on lakes rivers and reservoirs in the UK: Smew |
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Avibase - Smew, Mergellus albellus http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN&id=7C57C6363C025176&ts=1120751139004/ Releases lists of alternative names for winter visitor to Britain from Russia. Includes order, family, scientific, protonym, plus translations into twelve languages. |
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Birdcare.com - Smew, Mergus
albellus http://www.birdcare.com/bin/showsketch?smew/ Find short and simply written entry about duck that winters on London reservoirs. Gives average length, closed wing, and weight. |
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Birdzone - Smew http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/wingbeat/other_stories/birdzone/smew_page.htm/ Study this small merganser that is also known the weasel coot and the white nun. Learn about its distribution, nesting habits, and favourite foods. |
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Ducks Unlimited Waterfowl Gallery
- Smew http://www.ducks.org/waterfowling/gallery/index.asp?duck=85/ Research the range, diet, and physical characteristics of the small diving duck and glance at a photo of the waterbird. |
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eNature.com - Smew http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesFT.asp?fotogID=532&curPage Num=1&recnum=BD0631/ Find out about small Eurasian merganser is rarely seen in North America. Investigate its range, nesting behaviour, and habitat and view a photo. |
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Europe’s Most Threatened Birds -
Smew http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/directive/mergus_albellus_en.htm/ Browse a description of the small diving duck, view a map of its range, and learn about threats posed by predators and habitat destruction. Includes drawings. |
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Fort Worth Zoo - Smew (White
Merganser) http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2001/rebemenk/RM_Smew.htm Check out this small fish-eating duck is native to Europe and Asia. See photos of the bird and investigate its physical characteristics, behaviour, and nesting habits. |
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Free Pictures - Male Smew Duck http://www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk/animals/birds/73-male-smew-duck.htm Enjoy colour side-profile photograph of diving duck that rarely breeds in Britain. See the unusual black markings on predominantly white plumage. |
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Luke Cole - Do you, too, rue Smew?
http://www.lukecole.com/Birds/Smew.htm Peruse this poem by bird enthusiast that contains a great deal of valuable information about this winter visitor to England. |
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National Audubon Society - White
Merganser, Smew, or White Nun http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F40_G1d.html Investigate the duck with many names but is know as a Smew in UK. Find detailed description of the male and female of the species, plus colour illustration. |
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Royal Society for Protection of
Birds - Smew, Mergus albellus http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/smew/ Digest description of small duck that winters in UK but apparently has no call. Read where to see it, what it eats, and habitat it prefers. |
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Birds on
lakes rivers & reservoirs in UK
