Common Shelduck

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The Common Shelduck looks like a small short-necked goose in size and shape.
Sexes are similar, but the female is smaller. 
Both have a red bill but the male's bill has a prominent knob at the forehead.

A female. Brownsea Island, Dorset, England, 9 August 2009

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