Steller's Eiders

on our first trip to Varanger we saw just one adult drake Steller's but good numbers of immatures and females, on the second visit no adult drakes and just 18 immatures; this year amazingly there were 3 adult drake sin a total of six birds; one male paired to a female then this group of four birds, 2 drakes, a 2cy drake and a female all at Vadsoya; they often came in close to the shore but long grass meant that it was not possible to creep up on them and get shots without grass intervening