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Where to see Shelduck in this area
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Behaviour
Breeding behaviour:
Birds in England (2005)
- Patterson (1982)
- Males defend feeding territories
- Several females can lay in the same nest
- Breeding success is lowest in the most crowded colonies
- Pienkowski & Evans (1982)
- Pairs that nest on their own are more productive
- Nest parasitism, egg dumping, and chick predation are less of a problem for these birds
- After hatching, the young are taken to feeding areas
- Creches of up to 100 young may form, attended by a few of the parents
- Other adults leave to travel to moulting sites in July
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