Scoter in Kerry are often viewed at distance through a telescope. Below, photos of an adult male Common Scoter which succumbed last night, after being found moribund at a beach near Camp, on the Dingle Peninsula.
Adult male Common Scoter, Camp, 4th December 2014 (M.O'Clery, with thanks to Cate Mulcahy and Kilian Kelly).
The deep orange and yellow on the bill is particularly striking up close.
Adult male Common Scoter, Camp, 4th December 2014 (M.O'Clery).
Adult male Common Scoter, Camp, 4th December 2014 (M.O'Clery).
