Presumably these have come from Chapel Island, an isolated rock out in the bay that hosts hundreds of Eider nests. For the past few years it's been suffering fox predation but looks like it's avoided it this year!
#eider #ducks
Sarah Dal on Nostr: Some much-needed good news - I'm hearing reports of eider duck creches with hundreds ...
Some much-needed good news - I'm hearing reports of eider duck creches with hundreds of birds in them, about 1,000 ducklings in total, on Morecambe Bay.
Presumably these have come from Chapel Island, an isolated rock out in the bay that hosts hundreds of Eider nests. For the past few years it's been suffering fox predation but looks like it's avoided it this year!
#eider #ducks
Presumably these have come from Chapel Island, an isolated rock out in the bay that hosts hundreds of Eider nests. For the past few years it's been suffering fox predation but looks like it's avoided it this year!
#eider #ducks