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Osprey camp group Loch Garten
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CEP - Speyside and Cairngorms
Osprey Camp, Loch Garten, 1965. (left to right) Tony, John Murray (Taxidermist at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum), Mike Everett (Assistant to George Waterston), Ian Lyster (curator of birds in the Royal Scottish Museum), Charles Cowper (Electronic engineer). A dedicated group of volunteers watching the Osprey nest 24 hours a day to ensure its safety.
RSPB Scotland has been protecting Ospreys at Loch Garten since 1958 and celebrated its 60th season of 'Operation Osprey' in 2018. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
10 March 1965
CEP photographing Spring Beauty, Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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CEP - Glasgow
CEP photographing Spring Beauty, Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Scanned from a slide taken with CE Palmar's camera.
03 May 1975
Bernard Gilchrist and CEP at SWT nature trail post, Ardmore
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CEP - Ardmore
Charles E Palmar was instrumental in setting up the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) nature reserve along with Bernard Gilchrist. Unfortunately, although the paths are still in use, it is no longer an SWT reserve. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
24 February 2017
On MV Hebrides in 1967
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CEP - North Uist
David, Colin and Charlie on the MV Hebrides ferry in 1967 on the way back from North Uist to Skye. Scanned from a slide taken on CE Palmar's camera, probably by Molly Palmar.
15 July 1967
River Inver with Palmar family
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CEP - Assynt
River Inver with the Palmar family, Loch Inver. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in July 1962. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
10 July 1962
Dormobile being lifted on to steamer, Port Ellen
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CEP - Islay
Dormobile being lifted on to the MacBrayne's steamer MV Locheil at Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay. Scanned from a slide taken with CE Palmar's camera, probably by David Palmar.
17 July 1963
Molly and Charles erecting a hide
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CEP - Loch Feochan
Molly and CEP erecting a hide, Ardoran, Loch Feochan. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1962.
06 May 1962
Charles Eric Palmar, Curator of Natural HiStory
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Charles Eric Palmar, Curator of Natural HiStory, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, probably 1970s
27 February 2017
Charles Eric Palmar photographing on a cliff
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Scanned from photo taken by CE Palmar. Here Charles Eric Palmar is photographing with an old and heavy plate camera mounted on a tripod, above what is probably the nest of a Golden eagle on a steep cliff, thus the rope attached to him for safety!
27 February 2017
John Arnott of BBC Scotland interviewing Charles Eric Palmar in 1963
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar. John Arnott of BBC Scotland is interviewing Charles Eric Palmar in 1963 about his recently produced 30 minute colour film "Highland Heronry" for which he was a joint winner of a natural hiStory film competition sponsored jointly by the BBC and the Council for Nature. The film was shown on television during National Nature Week.
