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Ruddy Shelduck is on the River Clwyd at Rhuddlan, while a Surf Scoter is among 2,000 Common Scoters off Colwyn Bay.
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.
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.
Summary: Scientists have tracked the
ruddy shelduck to 6,800 metres, making it the first duck known to fly at extreme high altitudes
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ruddy shelduck flew at 22,000ft in the Himalayas, a record for a duck, UK researchers using satellite data found.
Thus it is exploited as a feeding ground during the diurnal period by the water birds such as Great flamingo, common shelduck and
Ruddy shelduck [7, 18].
You are likely to see the Great Cormorant, Siberian Duck and Crane,
Ruddy Shelduck and the Bar-headed goose.
Equally hard to get accepted may be a
ruddy shelduck that was on the Dee at Connah's Quay on Saturday.
Among captive birds to be seen in the garden are red-breasted geese,
ruddy shelduck and emperor geese.
The discovery, which makes the
ruddy shelduck the highest known flying duck, was made using satellite data collected from 15 of the birds by researchers from the University of Exeter.