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Greylag Geese and Mute Swan at Leighton Moss
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Lancashire
Greylag Geese (Anser anser) defending their goslings from a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Leighton Moss, Lancashire. Greylag geese are very protective of their offspring, and will chase away potential threats including swans.
24 April 2004
Ptarmigan chick at Glenshee
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Glenshee summer scenery and ptarmigan
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) chick sitting on a rock. Its mother was close by.
27 July 2007
Ptarmigan with chick, Glenshee
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Glenshee summer scenery and ptarmigan
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) chicks are every bit as well camouflaged as their parents. This image shows a fluffy youngster with its mother.
Young ptarmigan can get up and run away almost as soon as they are born.
27 July 2007
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
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
SWT staff with Peregrine Falcon chicks at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
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Falls of Clyde birds and animals
Stephen Kane and Kirsten Watt with Peregrine Falcon chicks (Falco peregrinus) at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
25 May 2003
Peregrine Falcon chicks waiting to be ringed at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
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Falls of Clyde birds and animals
Peregrine Falcon chicks (Falco peregrinus) at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
25 May 2003
George Smith abseiling to collect Peregrine Falcon chicks for ringing at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
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Falls of Clyde birds and animals
George Smith abseiling to collect Peregrine Falcon chicks (Falco peregrinus) for ringing at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
25 May 2003
George Smith putting Peregrine Falcon chicks in a bag for weighing at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
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Falls of Clyde birds and animals
George Smith putting Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) chicks in a bag for weighing at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
25 May 2003
George Smith weighing Peregrine Falcon chicks at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve
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Falls of Clyde birds and animals
George Smith weighing Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) chicks in a bag at the Falls of Clyde SWT Reserve