Someone had seen a common eider, the first here in 13 years.

The northern half of the island is a protected nesting site each spring for the Common Eider.

This species is smaller than the Common Eider.

It is notable for the Common Eider species.

"It appears that the origin of the feathers and feather particles recovered from the three other cases is common eider duck."

Oystercatchers, common eiders, shelducks, snipes and peewits are only a few of them.

Their notable bird species includes Common Eider.

Trappers considered the area to have few polar bears but much fox; they could also supplement the catch with Common Eider.

Another station was found on Æøya (named after the common eiders that reside there), a small island on the eastern side of the bay.

Additionally Common Eider can be seen in and around the harbour and coves during the summer months.

The common eider's down is snow-white.

Trying to film common eiders leaving the nest for the first time can be fraught with problems, as John Aitchison discovers.

Many common eiders and pink-footed geese nest here, and the more rare king eider may also be seen.

Franklin Island once supported one of the largest Common Eider colonies in Maine.

From this new location we bagged three birds, two white-winged scoters, a male and a female, and a common eider drake.

Common Eider: They are bulky and thick-necked, and their flight is sluggish and low over the water.

Notable bird species include Northern Fulmar and Common Eider.

The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck.

Common Eiders often come and sit by them and European Herring Gulls fly around the general area.

Common Eiders can be seen in large numbers around the point in the spring (from the end of March to the beginning of April) and autumn.

Females of the three species have sombre plumage of dark brown, and it needs a practised eye to tell female king eider from common eider.

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

The head is shorter than in the Common Eider, and the feathering onto the bill is rounded, not triangular in shape.

On the quieter coves away from the point common eider mothers swim with their ducklings, and small, stout black-and-white dovekies have been spotted offshore.

The Spectacled Eider is slightly smaller than the Common Eider at 52-57 cm in length.

Someone had seen a common eider, the first here in 13 years.

The northern half of the island is a protected nesting site each spring for the Common Eider.

This species is smaller than the Common Eider.

It is notable for the Common Eider species.

"It appears that the origin of the feathers and feather particles recovered from the three other cases is common eider duck."

Oystercatchers, common eiders, shelducks, snipes and peewits are only a few of them.

Their notable bird species includes Common Eider.

Trappers considered the area to have few polar bears but much fox; they could also supplement the catch with Common Eider.

Another station was found on Æøya (named after the common eiders that reside there), a small island on the eastern side of the bay.

Additionally Common Eider can be seen in and around the harbour and coves during the summer months.

The common eider's down is snow-white.

Trying to film common eiders leaving the nest for the first time can be fraught with problems, as John Aitchison discovers.

Many common eiders and pink-footed geese nest here, and the more rare king eider may also be seen.

Franklin Island once supported one of the largest Common Eider colonies in Maine.

From this new location we bagged three birds, two white-winged scoters, a male and a female, and a common eider drake.

Common Eider: They are bulky and thick-necked, and their flight is sluggish and low over the water.

Notable bird species include Northern Fulmar and Common Eider.

The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck.

Common Eiders often come and sit by them and European Herring Gulls fly around the general area.

Common Eiders can be seen in large numbers around the point in the spring (from the end of March to the beginning of April) and autumn.

Females of the three species have sombre plumage of dark brown, and it needs a practised eye to tell female king eider from common eider.

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

The head is shorter than in the Common Eider, and the feathering onto the bill is rounded, not triangular in shape.

On the quieter coves away from the point common eider mothers swim with their ducklings, and small, stout black-and-white dovekies have been spotted offshore.

The Spectacled Eider is slightly smaller than the Common Eider at 52-57 cm in length.

The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck.

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Eider Somateria mollissima (Laagh loughlinagh)

I think this is it, the Somateria mollissima, typically found in Iceland, Norway, Alaska, and the Siberian shores.

EIDER Somateria mollissima.

All self-secreted materials are not developed specifically for that purpose, bird feathers are used for lining and insulation; a typical example being that of the female Common Eider duck (Somateria mollissima), which produces down feathers for lining its nest.

Three species of arctic residents, Lapland longspurs, snow buntings and rock ptarmigan, are joined annually by a dozen species of long-distance migrants - red-throated divers (loons)Gavia stellata, arctic terns Sterna paradisaea, oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis, common and king eider Somateria mollissima and S.