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A visit to the WWT Arundel earlier in the year. I was told this duck is rare I am not so sure.
European Wigeon
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Ronald Barker
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European Wigeon
A visit to the WWT Arundel earlier in the year. I was told this duck is rare I am not so sure.
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Re: European Wigeon
Ronald Barker wrote:A visit to the WWT Arundel earlier in the year. I was told this duck is rare I am not so sure.
According to the RSPB website, there are only 300 - 500 breeding pairs in the UK, of which this is might be one. There are many more in the wild, but they normally only spend the winter here at a few sites between October - March. Maybe what was meant is that it is not that common at Arundel?
http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoy ... /w/wigeon/
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