A male or drake Goosander has a dark green head as opposed to the reddish brown head of the female. Also known as a Common Merganser in North America

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A male or drake Goosander has a dark green head as opposed to the reddish brown head of the female. Also known as a common Merganser in North America their numbers are bolstered in UK in the winter by Arctic migrants

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Size: 6500px × 4312px
Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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