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    Fisherman hauling lobster pot onto his boat © Toby Roxburgh/2020VISION

    Fisherman hauling lobster pot onto his boat © Toby Roxburgh/2020VISION

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Black brittlestars on kelp frond © Paul Naylor

Waterfowl

A drake red-crested pochard swimming. It's a striking duck with a black breast, brown back and head, fiery orange crown and bright coral red beak.

Red-crested pochard

A male long-tailed duck drifting in front of the stone wall of a harbour

Long-tailed duck

Egyptian goose

Egyptian goose

Smew (male)

Smew

Drake garganey

Garganey

Shelduck

Shelduck

Gadwall

Gadwall

A drake pintail swimming across a glassy lake, leaving ripples in its wake

Pintail

A pair of wigeon stand on a muddy shore

Wigeon

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

Goosander female

Goosander

Red-breasted Merganser female

Red-breasted merganser

Eider

Eider

Common scoter female

Common scoter

Bewick's Swan

Bewick's swan

Whooper Swan

Whooper swan

Pink-footed Goose

Pink-footed goose

Two dark-bellied brent geese standing in a pool of water

Brent goose

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