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Red kite flying between electric power lines
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Perthshire- Crieff and Muthill
Red kite (milvus milvus) flying between electric power lines near Amulree, Perthshire. Red kites have been reintroduced into three areas in Scotland and are spreading slowly across the country.
The need to transmit electricity from highland wind farms has necessitated the building of a huge new power line 220km from Beauly to Denny, replacing 109km of older lines, including this one.
There is some evidence of bird mortality due to collisions with power lines, which may be reduced by the increased diameter of the new lines, making them more visible.
26 January 2013
Female Common Crossbill (deceased)
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Argyllshire - Appin
Female Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) showing the crossed bill which enables them to open cones and extract the seeds. This poor bird did not survive the winter, was found in a garden, had been put in a freezer and is now on its way to a museum.
15 January 2012
Corncrake, RSPB Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Benbecula
Corncrake (Crex crex), RSPB Balranald, North Uist
27 May 2017
Sanderling, Benbecula
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Western Isles - Benbecula
Sanderling (Calidris alba) on the beach near Baile nan Cailleach, Benbecula
27 May 2017
Sanderling, Benbecula
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Western Isles - Benbecula
Sanderling (Calidris alba) on the beach near Baile nan Cailleach, Benbecula
27 May 2017
Sanderling flock with one Dunlin, Benbecula
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Western Isles - Benbecula
Sanderling (Calidris alba) on the beach near Baile nan Cailleach, Benbecula
27 May 2017
Glaucous Gull, Benbecula
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Western Isles - Benbecula
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus), Baile nan Cailleach, Benbecula
