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Rookery at Caerlaverock WWT reserve
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Solway and Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Rookery with Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) at Caerlaverock WWT reserve, taken by David Palmar
25 March 2023
Hooded Crow, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. Unlike Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Hooded Crow are typically more sociable and will forage in small groups. Both species can interbreed which results in hybrid birds with varying plumages between a grey and black body.
01 May 2022
Magpie nest building, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Magpie (Pica pica) carrying a stick as it builds a nest in a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) tree in a Kelvindale garden, taken by David Palmar. Magpies typically lay around four to six eggs, and tend to have one brood a year. The nest itself is usually in a tree (up to 25m) or in thick cover such as in jagged hedgerows.
16 March 2022
Raven in flight, Inver, Jura
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Jura
Raven (Corvus corax) in flight, Inver, Jura, taken by David Palmar
20 August 2022
Pair of Ravens, Temple, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Pair of Ravens (Corvus corax) on gas holder, Temple, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Ravens normally nest in trees or on cliffs, but this pair usually nest on the gas holder. Birds can sometimes be very adaptable!
30 January 2021
Raven calling, Temple, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Raven (Corvus corax) on gas holder, Temple, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Ravens are beginning their courtship in January in preparation for setting up home in March.
30 January 2021
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
20 February 2005
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
20 February 2005
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
01 January 1980
Magpie, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
Magpie (Pica pica), taken by Claudia Caporusso in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (RBGE)