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Mountain Hare and Ptarmigan habitat, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Ptarmigan and Mountain Hare habitat on Ben Vrackie
30 April 2006
Ptarmigan feather and droppings, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) feather and droppings, Ben Vrackie. The feathers form a soft downy layer near the skin, which keeps the bird warm, and a more waterproof and stronger part to the feathers on the outside. This feather is largely white, so part of the winter plumage which had been moulted when this picture was taken at the end of April.
30 April 2006
Red Grouse and Mountain hare footprints in the snow, the Lecht
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Firth of Clyde - inner Firth of Clyde
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) and Mountain hare (Lepus Timidus) footprints in the snow, the Lecht.
01 February 2012
Female Ptarmigan in winter plumage, Glenshee
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Glenshee - Ptarmigan in Winter
Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage, Glenshee, camouflaged when against the snow, but standing out against a non-snowy background.
25 February 2007
Ptarmigan pair in winter plumage, Glenshee
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Glenshee - Ptarmigan in Winter
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) pair in winter plumage, Glenshee. The female is on the left and the male on the right. He has a red wattle over his eye, while she doesn't. In a mild winter, they still turn white, and stand out against a rocky background instead of the white plumage being good camouflage. This will probably be an increasing problem with global warming.
25 February 2007
Ptarmigan in winter plumage, Glenshee
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Glenshee - Ptarmigan in Winter
Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in mostly winter plumage, just beginning to develop some darker feathers to get ready for the snow melt in the summer. You can tell he is a male from the obvious red wattle above his eye. In the female this is either absent or much less obvious.
25 February 2007
Red Grouse, the Lecht
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Moray - Lecht
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) amongst the heather in the snow, the Lecht
30 January 2012
Red grouse, Cairngorm
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Cairngorms in summer
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Cairngorm, taken by Lorna Beattie
03 July 2018
Red grouse, Cairngorm
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Cairngorms in summer
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Cairngorm, taken by Lorna Beattie.
03 July 2018
Ptarmigan on Bealach na Bà
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CEP - Torridon and Applecross
An alert looking Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) on Bealach na Bà. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
