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21 Φεβ 2021 · I’ve been having a look at my diving duck photographs over the last few years and have decided to put together this guide to their identification. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. White-winged Scoter (male) Scoters are heavy blackish ducks with a white wing patch (occasionally concealed). White-winged Scoter (male)
6 Ιουλ 2023 · The key difference is the size of their feet. Dabbling ducks have smaller feet because they do not dive. Diving ducks are adept swimmers and dive underwater to find food. They use their large webbed feet to propel themselves quickly through the water to capture their prey.
23 Μαρ 2006 · Scaup, canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necked ducks-the freshwater diving ducks, or pochards-have stirred every hunter who has known them.
A guide to identifying our most common diving ducks: tufted duck, pochard, goldeneye, goosander, merganser.
18 Δεκ 2020 · Which diving ducks am I likely to see? Some species, like scaup and smew, are mostly winter visitors and are rarely seen during the summer. This quick identification guide covers the more widespread species and some of the rarer diving ducks you may encounter around the UK.
The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water. They are part of Anatidae, the diverse and very large family that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The diving ducks are placed in a distinct tribe in the subfamily Anatinae, the Aythyini.
Diving ducks are so called as they dive to the bottom of deeper water in search of food in freshwater, tidal lagoons, and estuaries. They are different from dabbling ducks as these ducks filter food from near the surface of the water rather than diving down.
