scoter

Converse of object

• settle: Seawatching at the Bill produced a Great Northern Diver and a Little Gull, as well as 33 settled Common Scoter.
• produce: Morning seawatching at the Bill produced just 2 Common Scoter.
• winter: Twenty Red-throated Divers passed through off the Bill, where the 25 wintering Common Scoter were also still present.
• pass: A few Manx Shearwaters were present throughout the day, and 40 Common Scoter passed through.
• include: In winter parties of wigeon and teal are common and rarer ducks seen include velvet scoter and garganey.
• see: This is a rare visitor to Rutland, a female Velvet Scoter seen in November 2002.

Adjective modifier

• common: Common Scoter off Heysham North Wall was bird of the day.
• white-winged: Alas, no sight of the promised King Eider, Surf Scoter and White-winged Scoter ( American subspecies of Velvet Scoter ).
• few: Nine Eider, 2 Little Gulls and a few Common Scoter lingered off the Bill where 3 Red-throated Divers also passed by.
• female: One Cory's Shearwater also passed quite close and Will found a female Common Scoter on the waves offshore.
• lone: Despite a favorably strong southwest wind, seawatching at the Bill has produced only 3 Balearic Shearwaters and a lone Common Scoter.
• black: Of the seaduck recorded, black scoter and common eider were the most numerous with similar total numbers recorded overall.

Modifies a noun

• flock: At least 1 Velvet Scoter remained with the Common Scoter flock off the Bill.
• duck: Over half of the West Carmarthen Bay population of Common Scoter Duck died.
• number: Usual birds present with a noticeable increase in Harlequin Duck and Black Scoter numbers.
• area: WWT will strongly oppose any moves to license such activities within the main scoter feeding areas.
• specie: In addition, significant numbers of unidentified scoter species were recorded in the Firths of Moray, Tay and Forth.

Noun used with modifier

• velvet: Velvet Scoter 1970 A wider version, easier to manage downwind.