Eiders are in decline
by Jim Cassels
Binrodtes
A male and female eider, whose numbers are in serious decline.
Photo Brian Couper
Eider counts in the Firth of Clyde 1996-2017.
September is the month for the Annual Clyde Eider Survey. Eiders are familiar birds around the Arran coast… or at least they used to be, but their numbers are declining not only around Arran but in the Firth of Clyde as a whole.