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Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Common scoters spend much of their time feeding out at sea, but large numbers congregate here in winter. |  |
Eider ducks nest around the coast at Culbin Sands. While the females are mottled brown, the males in breeding plumage are black and white with green on their heads - you may hear their 'oooOOhh' calls. |  |
Long-tailed ducks gather here among up to 12,000 wildfowl in winter. |  |
Ringed plovers have a short, orange bill with a black tip, and adult birds have a smart black breast-band. They feed on invertebrates which they find on the surface of the mud. |  |
Keep a sharp eye out for the white wing-flashes of velvet scoters in amongst the winter wildfowl flock. |  |