8. Common Eider, Olafsvik
This large diving duck (female here) is the commonest of Iceland's ducks
and lives almost exclusively at sea or on the sea shore, with only a few pairs breeding by lakes and rivers up to 20km from the sea.
and lives almost exclusively at sea or on the sea shore, with only a few pairs breeding by lakes and rivers up to 20km from the sea.
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