Greater Scaup

Greater Scaup

Aythya marila Duggönd

Small numbers of Scaup were recorded between mid-May and mid-August, with a peak of 15 birds on 19th July. Scaup were almost exclusively recorded in Kistufjörđur (Est 2).

Number of individuals 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Low-tide Rising-tide

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Week number and month

Figure 3-39. Number of Aythya marila recorded during weekly low tide and rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017.

Figure 3-40. Relative abundance of Aythya marila during weekly (a) low tide and (b) rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017. Dots are randomly positioned within each subsite. While each dot refers to a single bird, it refers to the bird’s presence in that subsite only, and not the bird’s actual location.

(a) Low tide (b) Rising tide