Common Goldeneye
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Lakes, lochs, sheltered coast.
Diet: Aquatic invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Whistling wingbeats audible far off.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Bufflehead · Lakes (very rare vagrant)
- Red-throated DiverUncommon · Lochs (summer); coast (winter)
- Great CormorantCommon · Coast
- Black GuillemotUncommon · Rocky coasts; sheltered firths
- Common EiderUncommon · Rocky coasts
- Common PochardUncommon · Reservoirs
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