Male Velvet scoter (or 'Velvet duck') in a bay in Västra Kvarken (in the Batlic Sea, outside Umeå), one of the most important breeding areas for this scoter. (The picture was taken from the beach). It is one of our duck species that has decreased the most, not least in this particular area. In 2012, the IUCN in fact classified the Velvet scoter in the "Critically endangered" category, a classification that fotunately enough has been moderated somewhat in recent years.