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Cormorant drying its wings, Linlithgow Loch
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Linlithgow and Beecraigs
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying its wings on its island roost site, Linlithgow Loch. Their plumage is not waterproof, so bubbles of air don't get trapped beneath their feathers. This allows them to dive deeper to catch their fishy prey, but means that when they come up, they need to dry out their feathers to keep themselves warm.
08 March 2020
Cormorant, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Silhouetted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on rock, drying its wings in Kames Bay, Millport, Great Cumbrae. You can tell it's a Cormorant and not a Shag as it has a stout beak and a white patch under its chin.
22 January 2005
Shag drying its wings
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Sea Life Adventures boat trip from Seil
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) drying its wings in Seil Sound.
Young Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) wing flapping on the nest at the Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve
06 July 2003
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly, Glasdrum
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Glasdrum
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) butterfly, Glasdrum, Appin taken by David Palmar
26 May 2023
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly taking off, Glasdrum
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Glasdrum
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) butterfly taking off, Glasdrum, Appin taken by David Palmar
26 May 2023
Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) chasing each other on Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, surrounded by Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus)
18 May 2017
Cormorants on a floating island, RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Lochwinnoch
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on an artificial raft or floating island at RSPB Lochwinnoch, created for conservation purposes, taken by David Palmar. Mostly these are immature Cormorants with a white breast and a generally greyer appearance, but with one darker adult.
12 December 2021
Puffin wing flapping, Isle of May
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Isle of May
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) wing flapping, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson