Hi,
Recently a female smew and goosander have turned up at Saltholme. If you take a close look at their beaks you will soon see why these two ducks are called as sawbills. They have a row of what look like spiky teeth spread along the beak. These “teeth” help them to get a good grasp of their favourite food, fish.
The female goosander gave great views yesterday (15 February) whilst having a sleep on one of the islands in front of the visitor centre windows.
The photograph below, taken at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park (just up the road from Saltholme) by Ian, shows a female Goosander putting its sawbill into good use. If you manage to capture our goosander on camera and would like to share your photographs we’d love to see them on our community page.
Cheers,
Adam