Photographed on North bay, on a bright and flat calm morning, this Eider and three of her five ducklings, were part of a larger crèche, a trio of mothers with a bakers dozen of youngsters in tow.
The crèches are formed to give protection against airborne predators, wandering bonxies and black-backed gulls. For adults and ducklings alike, there’s safety in numbers.
The local name for an Eider is a Dunter, from the old norse – to dunt, to bob up and down.
A garden in Orkney 
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