Greater Scaup
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal bays (winter).
Diet: Molluscs.
Best time to spot: Like Tufted but no crest, paler back.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.
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Similar birds
- Ring-necked Duck · Lakes (winter vagrant)
- Lesser Scaup · Reservoirs (vagrant)
- Common PochardUncommon · Reservoirs
- Ferruginous Duck · Lakes (very rare vagrant)
- Tufted DuckCommon · Lakes
- Velvet ScoterRare · Coastal seas (winter)
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