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Arctic tern beside artificial nest, Isle of May
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Isle of May
Adult Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) beside its artificial nest structure on the Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The artificial nest structure is to protect the eggs and young from predators, mostly gulls.
01 August 2021
Coot with chick, Bingham's Pond
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Coot (Fulica atra) with chick on nest at Bingham's Pond, Glasgow
20 July 2005
Nuthatch, Dalzell Woods
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Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Nuthatch perching above nest hole, Dalzell Woods
19 April 2008
Bittern chick with eggs scanned in greyscale
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CEP - Norfolk
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) chicks with eggs, taken in Hickling Broad in May 1939. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. Bitterns only have a single brood each year. Being a scanned image there is no metadata stored with the image, so the location and the date taken were interpreted from his notebooks and are accurate to within a few miles and a few days respectively.
12 May 1939
Black-Throated Diver on nest
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CEP - Argyllshire
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica) on its nest in Argyllshire in 1952, taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate and the exact location is unknown.
01 May 1952
Cormorants, Currarie Port, Ballantrae
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CEP - Ayrshire
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo), Currarie Port, Ballantrae, South Ayrshire. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1984.
09 June 1984
Oystercatcher nest, Strachur
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CEP - Argyllshire
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) nest with a clutch of 3 eggs in Strachur, Argyll and Bute. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar
28 November 2016
Ringed Plover approaching nest, Strachur
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CEP - Argyllshire
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) approaching its nest, Strachur, 1972. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
28 November 2016
Common Gull eggs, Loch Gair
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CEP - Loch Gair
Common Gull (Larus canus) nest with a clutch of 3 eggs, on the banks of Loch Gair, Argyllshire. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
15 February 2017
Sand Martin nest holes in the bank of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh
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Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) nest holes in the river cliff of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh, taken by David Palmar