shelduck

| A Ruddy Shelduck is on the River Clwyd at Rhuddlan, while a Surf Scoter is among 2,000 Common Scoters off Colwyn Bay.

Muscovy duck, mallard, shelduck, pochard, and a ruff with a kingfisher

Many coastal birds like shelduck, oystercatchers and ringed plovers visit the area making it an ideal spot for wildlife photographers.

As a part of the ecology capsule powered by WWF Bhutan, in association with Bhutan Trust Fund and Royal Society for Protection of Nature, there will be conversations on the Ruddy Shelduck, where Dr Sherub, researcher at Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment and Dechen Dorji, representative for the World Wildlife Fund program in Bhutan follow its winter visitor ruddy shelduck's journey through some of the most breathtaking regions in the world.

Refreshments are provided at the Shelduck Hide while you watch the birds and other wildlife.

The biggest family that I have ever seen was 14 mallard ducklings, though a shelduck creche on the Tees Estuary a few years ago must have contained more than 50 youngsters.

I looked up to see a paradise shelduck drake--the most prized native duck--closing on me fast.

He said that geese, swans, cranes, and 36 species, including mallard duck, ruddy shelduck, common teal and shoveller duck, from Siberia had started arriving, but they were very few in number compared to past.

The birds on display in the cabinet include tufted duck; velvet scoter; Steller's eider; bufflehead; hooded merganser; common pochard; red-crested pochard; Eurasian wigeon; red-breasted merganser; common merganser; American wood duck; smew; ruddy shelduck; common shelduck; surf scoter; northern pintail; brown teal; common eider; harlequin duck, Eurasian teal and garganey.

The area is of national and international importance containing some unique habitats and historical buildings, including Kennetpans Distillery where distilling began in Scotland in 1638 and the RSPB's nature reserve at Black Devon Wetlands which attracts redshank, pink footed geese, shelduck and many other birds and invertebrates.

To test the shotgun's reliability, a few industry friends and I traveled to New Zealand in hopes of adding the country's paradise shelduck to our life list.