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Great Crested Newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them.
03 April 2013
Great crested newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them. The photographer was accompanied by someone with such a licence.
03 April 2013
Great crested newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them, as on a newt identification course the photographer attended where the instructors were licensed to handle Great crested newts. This is a male and is during the breeding season, as it has a crest.
03 April 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair doing the head shaking display before the weed dance, which is the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other and rise up to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other to do the weed dance, here at its maximum height out of the water, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair head shaking
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair head shaking as part of their courtship display.
01 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair head shaking
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair head shaking as part of their courtship display
01 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair cat display
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) courtship display - the "ghostly penguin" and the "cat" posture