Northern Shoveler

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Marshes, shallow lakes.
Diet: Plankton (filter-feeds with bill).
Best time to spot: Spatulate bill is the giveaway.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Northern Shoveler. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.