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Group of Puffins greeting
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Shetland - Sumburgh
Group of Puffins, with two bill clapping to greet each other, Sumburgh Head, Shetland
19 June 2014
Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with its beak open, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet.
01 August 2021
Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with open beak, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet.
01 August 2021
Female Goosander, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Female Goosander (Mergus merganser), Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. A Goosander is a sawbilled duck, with a serrated bill to prevent fish from slipping out.
20 January 2018
Male Goosander, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) on Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. His sawtooth bill can be seen, useful for retaining fish which are trying to slip away!
20 January 2018
Red-breasted Mergansers, Tiree
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Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Group of Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator), Tiree. On the right is a probable first year male which has a dark eye-ring during moult which begins in August and lasts throughout the winter and even as late as April.
29 April 2014
Gannets bill fencing, Bass Rock
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Firth of Forth - Bass Rock
Pair of Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) bill fencing, Bass Rock
27 July 2013
Group of Gannets on the Bass Rock
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Firth of Forth - Bass Rock
Group of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) on the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth
27 July 2013
Immature Gannets, Noss
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Shetland - Bressay and Noss
Immature Gannets (Morus bassanus) bill fencing on a non-breeding ledge on the cliffs of Noss, Shetland. These gannets are about 3 or 4 years old.
