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Red Knot in flight
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Argyllshire - Colonsay and Oronsay
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) in flight, Tràigh nam Bàrc, Colonsay
29 August 2015
Red Knot taking off
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Argyllshire - Colonsay and Oronsay
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) taking off, Tràigh nam Bàrc, Colonsay
29 August 2015
Red Knot feeding, Colonsay
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Argyllshire - Colonsay and Oronsay
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) feeding, Tràigh nam Bàrc, Colonsay
29 August 2015
Red Knot feeding
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Argyllshire - Crinan Canal, Moine Mhor and Loch Gilp
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) in grey winter plumage feeding on marine worms at Lochgilphead.
22 February 2014
Red Knot feeding
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Argyllshire - Crinan Canal, Moine Mhor and Loch Gilp
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) in grey winter plumage feeding on marine worms at Lochgilphead.
22 February 2014
Red Knot feeding
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Argyllshire - Crinan Canal, Moine Mhor and Loch Gilp
Red Knot (Calidris canuta) in grey winter plumage feeding on marine worms at Lochgilphead.
22 February 2014
Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot and Redshank
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Tiree - Vaul, Salum, Caolas and Gunna Sound
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Knot (Calidris canuta) and Redshank (Tringa totanus), Salum, Tiree. The Bar-tailed godwit is a regular winter visitor to Tiree in moderate numbers. Knot is an occasional visitor to Tiree during autumn passage. Tiree supports 600-800 breeding pairs of Redshank - nationally important numbers - and they are seen all year round with several hundred birds in winter.
26 September 2013
Dunlin and Ringed Plover flock, TIree
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Tiree
Large mixed flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), taken by Rebecca Dickson. Hundreds of birds were observed in the fields, including a Dunlin with a yellow leg flag from ringing. Unfortunately it was not possible to read at this distance.
11 May 2024
Eiders and Herring Gull, Tiree
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Tiree
A pair of Eider Ducks (Somateria mollissima) were not impressed by the sudden appearance of a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Sanderling (Calidris alba), and Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) can also be seen on the shore.
09 May 2024
True Lover's Knot, Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. A moorland and heathland species, occurring widely over the whole of Britain and often the commonest of the Noctuidae in these habitats. Photo taken by David Palmar at Insh Marshes.
