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Male Pied Flycatcher, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a tree branch in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Male Pied Flycatchers are black above and white below, with white patches on the wings, on the tail sides and on the forehead. The term hypoleuca, in fact, comes from the Greek hupo, "below", and leukos, "white". Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Pied flycatcher male, Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a tree branch at RSPB Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Male Pied Flycatchers are black above and white below, with white patches on the wings, on the tail sides and on the forehead. The term hypoleuca, in fact, comes from the Greek hupo, "below", and leukos, "white". Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Male Pied Flycatcher, Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) entering a Schwegler nest box at RSPB Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Pied Flycatchers are hole-nesting birds and readily use human-provided nest boxes. They are migratory and are found in the UK only during the breeding season, when they arrive after spending the winter in western Africa. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Female Pied Flycatcher, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) holding an insect in its beak while perched on a tree branch in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Female Pied Flycatchers are characterised by a pale brown colour. The species is insectivorous and catches insects while flying, as its name suggests. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Female Pied Flycatcher, Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) peeping out of a Schwegler nest box in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Pied Flycatchers are hole-nesting birds and readily use human-provided nest boxes. They are migratory and are found in UK only during the breeding season, when they arrive after spending the winter in western Africa.
Description by Ilaria Lonero
17 June 2009
Pied Flycatcher nest box with eggs, SCENE, Rowardennan
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
A clutch of Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) eggs at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE), in Rowardennan, on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in Scotland. British Pied Flycatchers typically lay a single clutch of 6-7 eggs during April-May although replacement clutches may be laid if the first clutch is lost early in the season. The incubation lasts for 13-15 days, and the young fledge at 16-17 days after hatching. Fledglings and adults remain close to the natal area for around 45 days, and adults begin migration towards Africa between mid-July and mid-August. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
15 May 2011
Female Pied Flycatcher at Rowardennan, Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a tree branch at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE), in Rowardennan, on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Female Pied Flycatchers are characterised by a pale brown colour. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
11 May 2011
Male Orange Tip butterfly on Garlic Mustard, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Male Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Baron's Haugh RSPB Reserve, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display.
19 April 2014
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display. It is cropped from the full display shot to show where the male flips over at the top of the display.
