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WILDLIFE

EIDER DUCK

By Susanne Masters
Illustration by Alice Goodridge

WHERE TO SEE THEM

In the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland they can be seen all year round. Winter swells their ranks as many eider ducks over-winter in Britain rather than their Nordic breeding grounds.

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