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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
Barn owl nest box, Langholm Moor
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Barn owl (Tyto alba) nest box, Langholm Moor.
09 April 2016
Muckle Knowe, Langholm Moor
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Muckle Knowe, Langholm Moor.
09 April 2016
Tinnisburn Forest, Langholm Moor
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Coniferous plantation, Tinnisburn Forest, Tinnis Hill, Langholm Moor.
09 April 2016
Great spotted woodpecker, Langholm Moor
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at Laverock Hide on Langholm Moor.
09 April 2016
Great spotted woodpecker, Langholm Moor
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at Laverock Hide on Langholm Moor.
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) perched on a rock, Langholm Moor
18 April 2014
Merlin pair in flight
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Merlin (Falco columbarius) pair in flight, Langholm Moor, the female on the left and the male on the right. These are very small raptors taken with a very long lens from a vehicle on the public road to avoid disturbance. Merlin is a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and a licence would be required to go any closer.
20 April 2014
Short-eared owl hunting
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) hunting over Langholm Moor. Owls eat voles and listen for their prey as they fly in silent ambush.
