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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

This species was formerly placed in the genus Anas. In a UK context the species is usually known simply as Shoveler.


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 2nd November 2013


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 3rd June 2008


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Northern Shovelers, Battersea Park (Greater London, UK), 26th January 2013


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Northern Shovelers, Bintree Mill (Norfolk, UK), 17th January 2022


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 1st June 2013


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Northern Shovelers, Great Ryburgh (Norfolk, UK), 16th May 2007


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 5th November 2011


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Northern Shovelers, Welney (Norfolk, UK), 4th February 2017


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Northern Shoveler, Great Ryburgh (Norfolk, UK), 28th March 2017


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 15th April 2004


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 3rd November 2012


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 22nd December 2016


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Northern Shovelers, Great Ryburgh (Norfolk, UK), 15th April 2007


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 13th October 2007


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Northern Shoveler, near Revelstoke (British Columbia, Canada), 15th September 2006


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 3rd December 2011


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 5th July 2008


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Northern Shovelers, Holkham Park Lake (Norfolk, UK), 1st December 2012



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Northern Shovelers, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th November 2001


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Northern Shovelers, Hilf treatment works, Masirah Island (Ash Sharqiyah South, Oman), 8th November 2017


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Northern Shovelers, Holkham Park Lake (Norfolk, UK), 21st December 2007


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Northern Shovelers, Bintree Mill (Norfolk, UK), 25th April 2023


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Northern Shoveler, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2013


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Northern Shoveler, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (British Columbia, Canada), 8th September 2006


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 3rd June 2008


Feeding birds often come close to the hide at Titchwell but it can be tricky to catch them with their bill out of water.

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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 5th November 2016


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 7th June 2004


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 9th February 2008


Wild birds used to visit the quayside collection at Blakeney and as far as I know these were wild rather than belonging in the collection.

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Northern Shovelers, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 24th November 2013


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 28th May 2004


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Northern Shoveler, Kelling (Norfolk, UK), 10th May 2016


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Northern Shoveler, Kelling (Norfolk, UK), 13th October 2007


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Northern Shoveler, Minsmere (Suffolk, UK), 13th October 2007


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Northern Shovelers, Great Ryburgh (Norfolk, UK), 16th May 2007


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Northern Shoveler, Mrazek Pond (Florida, USA), 18th April 2013


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 19th August 2005


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 24th May 2004


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 20th November 2004


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 26th January 2004


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Northern Shovelers, Coxford (Norfolk, UK), 27th March 2009


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Northern Shoveler, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 3rd February 2097


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 31st August 2005


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Northern Shovelers, Holkham Park Lake (Norfolk, UK), 29th December 2015


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 19th June 2010


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Northern Shoveler, Holme (Norfolk, UK), 11th September 2010


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Northern Shovelers, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 7th November 2003


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Northern Shoveler, Old Hall Marshes (Essex, UK), 28th August 2004


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 9th September 2004


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Northern Shovelers, Welney (Norfolk, UK), 17th March 2012


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Northern Shovelers, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 27th January 2005


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Northern Shoveler, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 4th June 2005


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Northern Shoveler, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 7th August 2003


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Northern Shovelers, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 16th May 2016


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Northern Shovelers, Bintree Mill (Norfolk, UK), 13th March 2022


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Northern Shovelers, Salthouse (Norfolk, UK), 10th November 2007


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Northern Shovelers, Welney (Norfolk, UK),9th April 2011


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Northern Shoveler, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 8th April 2007


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Northern Shoveler, Titchwell (Norfolk, UK), 19th May 2001






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