shelduck in English
noun
1
a large gooselike Old World duck with brightly colored plumage, typically showing black and white wings in flight.
One of the most attractive of our waterfowl, the goose-like shelduck is renowned for its spectacular moult gatherings along the northern coast of Germany.
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1. The approximately 180,000 birds of north-western Europe's shelduck population also spends their moulting season from July to September in the Wadden Sea, as do about 200,000 eider; and about 1,000 pairs of eiders use the mudflats of the North Sea as a breeding area.
2. Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, Sand Martin, 3 Goldeneye, pr Reed Bunting, 4 Shoveler, 5 Shelduck (Walthamstow Birders); White-fronted Goose viewed from Coppermill Lane (James Palmer with thanks to Chris Farthing) 2 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Green Sandpiper, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Greenfinch (Tom Stewart) Hi Tom - whereabouts was the Green