Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
This species breeds in northern England but in Norfolk it is usually absent during the summer (although occasional birds may be seen at any time). It is a coastal species, rarely encountered inland in Norfolk except south of the Wash.
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 3rd December 2010
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 21st December 2004
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Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 21st December 2004
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Llanfairfechan (Gwynedd, UK), 20th November 2005
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male Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 1st December 2010
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Loch Ryan (Dumfries & Galloway, UK), 30th December 2003
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 21st March 2007
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 21st March 2007
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male Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 10th February 2011 - with its dark eye and blotchy flanks I think the female-like bird here has to be a young male
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female Red-breasted Mergansers, South Bay, San Diego (California, USA), 20th April 2005
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pair of Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 20th March 2008
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Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 16th December 2011
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male Red-breasted Merganser, Loch Venachar (Forth, UK), 29th April 2007
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Red-breasted Merganser, Thornham (Norfolk, UK), 28th February 2009
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pair of Red-breasted Mergansers, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 11th March 2010
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female Red-breasted Merganser, Brancaster Staithe (Norfolk, UK), 1st December 2010
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%20T.JPG "Hooded Merganser")
%20T.JPG "Smew")