For widgeon, snipe and ptarmigan, and for belted Galloway cattle, from their own estates. |
As long as water existed nearby for resting, birds like Canada geese, widgeon, and pintails often thrived in the irrigated countryside. |
Teal and widgeon are the species most often hunted in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. |
There was a fieldfare, and a couple of birdwatchers with bigger binoculars and more knowledge than me said they had seen a female sparrow hawk and 30 widgeon. |
It is known as a wintering site for whooper swans, which arrive from Iceland, and wildfowl such as widgeon, teal and mallard. |
The widgeon is but a poor diver, while the canvas-back is one of the very best. |