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17-SEP-2013 Ian Fulton

Shetland Duck, Fair Isle

This is a variety of domesticated duck, obviously of Mallard derivation, which was once common on Shetland.
Its numbers dwindled away until the few remaining birds were brought together to form a breeding colony and now the birds are once again fairly common.

Canon EOS 7D
1/500s f/5.6 at 560.0mm iso800 full exif

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