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Observations
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Number observed: 43
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Number observed: 11
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Number observed: 39
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Number observed: 6
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Number observed: 45
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Eurasian/American Wigeon
Number observed: 1Media
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Number observed: 35
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Number observed: 70
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Number observed: 16
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Usual
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Number observed: 1
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Heard
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Number observed: 3
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 3
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 25
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Number observed: 4
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Number observed: 2
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 5
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 15
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Number observed: 2
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Number observed: 1
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Number observed: 2
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Number observed: 3
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Number observed: 2
Details
Distant bird in northern arm bearing a decent resemblance to American Wigeon. In female-type plumage (age uncertain), always standing out from accompanying Eurasian Wigeon on combination of salmony-orange flanks contrasting with greyish head and breast. Hint of a dark patch extending back from behind the eye. In flight, upperwing coverts looked silvery-pale with at least one more pronounced bar - quite eye-catching, but I'm not sure which species it suits better! Axillaries never looked strikingly white, but the angle wasn't ideal to assess this. Range and strong light really made this a tricky bird to get a handle on.