Eider

Local status: Very rare winter visitor

This large seaduck is rarely found inland although occasional influxes occur, usually linked to poor visibility on the coast during migration. Under these conditions, disorientated birds can turn up on any patch of water

Records:
2007: Castle Howard, 17th December. Male.
1993: River Ouse, Poppleton, 4th November. Female.
1993: Lower Derwent Valley, 4th November. Two females.
1993: Castle Howard, 31st October to 1st November. First-winter male.
1985: River Ouse, York, 21st to 23rd November. First-winter female.
1982: River Ouse, Poppleton, 29th December. Female.
1965-6: Bubwith/Aughton, winter. One shot.