Common Eider

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Rocky coasts, sea-lochs.
Diet: Mussels.
Best time to spot: Fluffy down farmed in Iceland.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

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