Male eider. Image by Ben Hall (www.rspb-images.com)

Last week, I spent some time up on Northern Ireland's Rathlin Island. Whilst sitting in the harbour, I heard some strange noises coming from the rather dapper-looking bird in this picture. An eider duck.

It doesn't do justice to describe it, so why not listen to it on our eider page?

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