Corncrake

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Coll Southwest

Corncrake (Crex crex), Totronald, Coll, seen on a walk led by James Bray of the BTO, part of the Coll Bird Festival.

27 April 2014

Short-necked oil beetle, Coll

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167

Coll Southwest

Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll.
This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered.
It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.

19 May 2018

Short-necked oil beetle, Coll

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167

Coll Southwest

Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll.
This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered.
It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.

19 May 2018

Short-necked oil beetle, Coll

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167

Coll Southwest

Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll.
This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered.
It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.

19 May 2018

Tràigh Hogh, Totronald, Coll

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Coll Southwest

Birdwatching onTràigh Hogh beach, Totronald, Coll, with a walk led by James Bray of the BTO, part of the Coll Bird Festival.

27 April 2014

Shag on Lunga

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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) displaying on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is displaying by moving its head about to impress its spouse.

26 April 2014

Shag on Lunga

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168

Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is on a nest which consists of any material the Shag can gather, often seaweed but in this case the hollow stems of last year's herbaceous growth.

26 April 2014

Shag on Lunga

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168

Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests.

26 April 2014

Razorbill

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168

Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles

Razorbills (Alca torda) taking off from a cliff ledge, Lunga, Treshnish Isles.

26 April 2014

Razorbill

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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles

Razorbills (Alca torda) nest on the cliff ledges of Lunga, Treshnish Isles.

26 April 2014