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Female Pied Flycatcher, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) holding an insect in its beak while perched on a tree branch in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Female Pied Flycatchers are characterised by a pale brown colour. The species is insectivorous and catches insects while flying, as its name suggests. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Great skua or Bonxie in flight, Fitful Head, Shetland
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CEP - Shetland
Great skua or Bonxie (Catharacta skua) in flight, attacking Pat Palmar to defend its nest, Fitful Head, Shetland. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
01 July 1977
Meadow Pipit, Braehead Moss
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South Lanarkshire
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) with food in its beak, showing evidence of breeding, Braehead Moss raised bog, South Lanarkshire
08 July 2017
Ring Ouzel, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) sitting on a snow fence, Cairngorms ski area. The fact that it has food in its mouth shows that it is breeding in this area.
08 June 2008
Lapwing, Fidden, Mull
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Mull
Lapwing or Green plover, Fidden, Mull, resplendent in full breeding plumage.
13 May 2007
Golden Eagle nesting habitat in the Scottish Highlands
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nesting habitat in the Scottish Highlands, including an eyrie site at 1600 feet above sea level. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar in the 1950s.
16 August 2024
Black-headed Gull colony, Tiree
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Tiree
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) breeding colony, taken by Rebecca Dickson. Black-headed Gulls will have one brood per season.
14 May 2024
Coot brooding young, Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Partick, Meadowside and Whiteinch
Coot brooding three young on Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2021
Gannetry on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig Gannets
An overview from the sea of a large part of the Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding colony or gannetry on Ailsa Craig, which in 2014 was over 33,000 pairs.
05 August 2008
Willow Warbler nest with chicks, Fenwick Moor
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East Renfrewshire
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) nest with a least 4 chicks. Photo taken by Stephen Inglis on Fenwick Moor in East Renfrewshire
