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Hen harrier, Burgar Hill
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Orkney - Evie
Female Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) flying over Burgar Hill, Orkney
14 May 2013
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display.
19 April 2014
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display. It is cropped from the full display shot to show where the male flips over at the top of the display.
19 April 2014
Hen harrier food pass
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) pair in a food pass. The male brings food to the female, who flips upside down to receive it. A food pass can take place either during courtship, as in this case, or during brooding of the chicks later in the season, when the female is mostly on the nest and the male does much of the hunting.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the food pass, in which the male Hen harrier (above), carrying food, catches up with the female, who flips over to receive the prey item he drops for her, often a vole or a Meadow pipit, or sometimes a Red grouse chick.
19 April 2014
85-0675 Hen Harrier chicks, Kilpatrick hills
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CEP - Glasgow
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) chicks in the Kilpatrick Hills. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1985.
29 June 1985
85-0659 Hen Harrier chick, Kilpatrick hills
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CEP - Glasgow
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) chick in the Kilpatrick Hills. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1985.
29 June 1985
85-0655 Hen Harrier chicks, Kilpatrick hills
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CEP - Glasgow
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) chicks in the Kilpatrick Hills. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1985.
29 June 1985
Hen harriers nest with 4 eggs, Drymen
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Hen harrier's (Circus cyaneus) nest with 4 eggs, Drymen. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
06 July 1974
Male Hen harrier taking off from mating
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Male Hen harrier taking off after mating. A Schedule 1 licence is required to photograph hen harriers at or near the nest.
25 May 2006
Hen harriers mating
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Male and female Hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) mating. A Schedule 1 licence is required to photograph hen harriers at or near the nest.