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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Shoveler

 

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Shoveler

(Northern Shoveler)

Anas clypeata

 

• Shoveler (Northern Shoveler)
• Anas clypeata
• UK: AMBER LIST. 1300 pairs in summer. Winter 10,000 birds BTO
• UK: Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
• WI: Uncommon Migrant Breeder (5-10 breeding records) ,Scarce passage visitor (Very small numbers each year)
• Breeds: Europe, Asia, North America,
• Winters: Africa, South Asia, South America
• Surface feeding (dabbling) duck. Huge wide bill. Breeding males: Dark green heads, white breasts, chestnut flanks. Females & non-breeding males are light-brown ducks - but bill gives ID. Female forewing grey.
  Flight: Concorde! & shows light blue & green wing patches
• Habitat: Shallow lochs, reservoirs, marsh, reedbeds, wet grassland
• Diet: Omnivorous: Small insects, molluscs, crustaceans, seeds; filters plant matter with bill
• Listen to a Shoveler RSPB site
• Similar birds: Mallard, Shelduck, Garganey,

In winter the UK breeding birds head south, and continental birds from further North replace them

 

Shoveler records in the Western Isles

Uncommon Migrant Breeder (5-10 breeding records) ,Scarce passage visitor (Very small numbers each year)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

 

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Shoveler is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

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