Page 79 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #05
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         DUCKS AND COVERS







                           Eider ducks return to their nesting grounds in Norway and Iceland
                           each year, where traditional methods are still used to harvest their
                             down for bedding. Pål Hermansen witnessed how the lives of
                                           these birds and local people overlap.




































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                                                                                               breeding eiders on
                                                                                             SPRINGWATCH
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