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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
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.
21 June 1976
Ptarmigan and chick on Bealach na Bà
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CEP - Torridon and Applecross
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and chick on Bealach na Ba. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
21 June 1976
IMG_8910 Ptarmigan feather and droppings
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) feather and droppings on Ben Vrackie.
30 April 2006
Ptarmigan female in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms. Notice the brown speckled plumage which camouflages the bird brilliantly.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan male in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan male in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms, probably a female as there is only slight evidence of a red wattle above the eye.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan in winter plumage
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage on Cairngorm.
