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Highland cattle
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Coll Northwest
Highland beef cow, Arnabost, Coll. The Victorians preferred ginger and started breeding selectively to maximise reddish stock, resulting in the prevalence of that colour today. This one is the captain of the Coll football team, and is strutting about on the pitch!
27 April 2014
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) on a west Highland sea loch
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South Knapdale
A winter plumage Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) on a west Highland sea loch. Note the backward-pointing triangle of white on the neck, a diagnostic feature of this species.
30 January 2011
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) eating a fish in a west Highland sea loch
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South Knapdale
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) hauled out on to a rock in a west Highland sea loch to eat a large fish.
30 January 2011
Observing a cliff eyrie
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Observing a cliff eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Many hours of patient observation are needed to study Golden Eagles. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar.
16 August 2024
Golden Eagle eyrie on the side of a gorge with a waterfall
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) eyrie with one egg, showing a site on the side of a gorge, with an 80 ft. waterfall, at 800 ft. above sea level (an unusally low altitude). Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar in the 1950s.
16 July 2024
Site of cliff eyrie with two chicks in Highland glen
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Site of cliff eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) with two chicks in a highland glen. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar in the 1950s.
16 August 2024
Tree eyrie of a Golden Eagle
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
A tree eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar
16 August 2024
Golden Eagle nesting habitat in the Scottish Highlands
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nesting habitat in the Scottish Highlands, including an eyrie site at 1600 feet above sea level. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar in the 1950s.
16 August 2024
Golden Eagle habitat with snowy mountains
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) habitat with snowy mountains. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar. Hours of patient observation, often in wintry weather, are needed to study Golden Eagles!
16 August 2024
Meadow Brown on Black Knapweed, Speyside
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterfly on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Speyside, taken by David Palmar
