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| Image Description: |
Long-tailed Ducks at Easter Loch, Unst. |
| Image notes: |
A very unusal sight in Shetland, Calloos in summer plummage. |
| Species in Image: |
Long-Tailed Duck |
| Date: |
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| Area: |
Unst |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00503 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Long-Tailed Duck |
| Latin Name |
Clangula hyemalis |
| Shetland Name |
Calloo |
| Latin Group Name |
Anseriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Anatidae |
| Common Family Name |
Swans, Geese and Ducks |
| Description |
A common winter visitor and passage migrant. Artic and high artic breeders, they winter on coasts to the south of their breeding grounds. |
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