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Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair doing the head shaking display before the weed dance, which is the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other and rise up to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other to do the weed dance, here at its maximum height out of the water, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair head shaking
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair head shaking as part of their courtship display.
01 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair head shaking
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair head shaking as part of their courtship display
01 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair cat display
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) courtship display - the "ghostly penguin" and the "cat" posture
01 March 2013
Great crested grebe pair head shaking
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair head shaking as part of their courtship display
01 March 2013
Shag on Lunga
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) displaying on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is displaying by moving its head about to impress its spouse.
26 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.
