Goldeneye (Common Goldeneye) Bucephala clangula

This species winters at many locations in Norfolk, though at most only very small numbers may be found. The species is rarely encountered here in the summer months.

Goldeneye, Swanton Morley, 24-Mar-08 Goldeneye, Swanton Morley, 24-Mar-08

male Goldeneye, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 24th March 2008

 

Goldeneye, Holkham, 22-Jan-05 Goldeneye, Holkham, 22-Jan-05

male and female Goldeneyes, Holkham (Norfolk, UK), 22nd January 2005

 

Goldeneye, Lochmaben, 29-Dec-03 Goldeneye, Lochmaben, 29-Dec-03

Goldeneyes, Lochmaben (Dumfries & Galloway, UK), 29th December 2003

 

Goldeneye, Holkham, 22-Jan-05 Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe, 8-Mar-05

male Goldeneye, Holkham (Norfolk, UK), 22nd January 2005

 

female Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 8th March 2005

 

Goldeneye, Golden, 16-Sep-06 Goldeneye, Titchwell, 9-Feb-08

Goldeneye, Golden (BC, Canada), 16th September 2006. Sharing a pool with Barrow's Goldeneye and identified as such at the time, however head/bill shape/size seem to suggest Common Goldeneye instead.

 

female Goldeneye, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 9th February 2008
Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08 Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08

adult male Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes (Suffolk, UK), 5th April 2008

 

Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08 Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08
Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08 Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08

first-winter male Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes (Suffolk, UK), 5th April 2008

 

Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08 Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08

female Goldeneye (with first-winter male), Lackford Lakes (Suffolk, UK), 5th April 2008 (probably a first-winter as the orange tip to the bill was indistinct and hard to see)

 

Goldeneye, Titchwell, 3-Jan-09 Goldeneye, Titchwell, 3-Jan-09

male and female Goldeneyes, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 3rd January 2009

 

Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe, 20-Nov-07 Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe, 23-Nov-07

Goldeneyes, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 20th November 2007

 

male Goldeneyes, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 23rd November 2007

 

Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe, 4-Feb-08 Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe, 4-Feb-08

female Goldeneye, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 4th February 2008

 

Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 5-Apr-08 Goldeneye, Swanton Morley, 4-Nov-07

female Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes (Suffolk, UK), 5th April 2008

 

female Goldeneye, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 4th November 2007

Goldeneye, Martham Broad, 29-Nov-09 Goldeneye, Martham Broad, 29-Nov-09

Goldeneyes, Martham Broad (Norfolk, UK), 29th November 2009

 

Goldeneye, Nar Valley Fisheries, 1-Feb-09 Goldeneye, Wiggenhall, 10-Jan-09

Goldeneye, Nar Valley Fisheries (Norfolk, UK), 1st February 2009

 

Goldeneye, Wiggenhall (Norfolk, UK), 10th January 2009

Goldeneye, Swanton Morley, 18-Oct-08 Goldeneye, Whitlingham, 1-Jan-09

Goldeneye, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 18th October 2008

immature Goldeneye, Whitlingham Broad (Norfolk, UK), 1st January 2009