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Blackbird on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackbird (Turdus merula) female eating a Rose hip, Glasgow. Many Blackbirds are resident, but in winter their numbers are swelled by visitors from their breeding grounds in the north, such as Scandinavia.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on Rose hips, which were slightly too big for them to swallow whole, so they preferred smaller Berberis and Cotoneaster berries, Glasgow. Its crop is bulging with berries, which they gobble at an astounding rate of several every minute.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Berberis
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) hanging upside down to get at Berberis berries, Glasgow
11 December 2012
Feeding Tree Sparrow, Loch Spynie
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RSPB Loch Spynie
Adult Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) at a feeding station by Loch Spynie, taken by David Palmar.
21 March 2022
Slices of white bread on the ice, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Half a white loaf thrown out on to the icy Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, taken by David Palmar. Such supplementary feeding may save some birds from starvation in winter, but it is much better to feed them with grain, or wholemeal bread, as white bread is not good for them and can clog up their insides.
03 January 2021
Red Admiral butterflies on a Turkey Oak trunk, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Group of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterflies sippig sap running down the trunk of a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) tree in the grounds of the Cathedral of the Isles, Millport
29 September 2019
Red Admiral butterflies on a Turkey Oak trunk, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Group of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterflies sippig sap running down the trunk of a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) tree in the grounds of the Cathedral of the Isles, Millport
29 September 2019
Red Admiral butterflies on a Turkey Oak trunk, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Group of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterflies sippig sap running down the trunk of a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) tree in the grounds of the Cathedral of the Isles, Millport
29 September 2019
Blue tit in flight, Mugdock
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in flight, flying off with a European Larch (Larix decidua) bud, Mugdock Country Park.
17 April 2019
Peregrine Falcon feeding young
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde birds and animals
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) feeding young at the Falls of Clyde SWT reserve
