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female Blackcap in conifer tree in winter, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackcaps, while not common in the winter in Scotland, have become commoner than they used to be in winter. They may be migrants from Scandinavia, while "our" breeding blackcaps have migrated to warmer climes.
15 December 2010
Female blackcap, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Juvenile female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the hand at Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. The female has a brown head despite its name - only the male has a black cap.
19 September 2021
Blackcap Being Measured, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Juvenile female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the process of getting its wings measured after being ringed. This was during a ringing event at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, held by the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) and the Friends of Glasgow's Local Nature Reserves. Notice the brown cap on the female.
19 September 2021
female Blackcap in tree in winter, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackcaps, while not common in the winter in Scotland, have become commoner than they used to be in winter. They may be migrants from Scandinavia, while "our" breeding blackcaps have migrated to warmer climes. The female blackcap is distinguished from the male, and from other warblers, by its brown cap.
15 December 2010
female Blackcap in conifer tree in winter, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackcaps, while not common in the winter in Scotland, have become commoner than they used to be in winter. They may be migrants from Scandinavia, while "our" breeding blackcaps have migrated to warmer climes.
15 December 2010
Hen harrier, Burgar Hill
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Orkney - Evie
Female Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) flying over Burgar Hill, Orkney
14 May 2013
Hen harrier food pass
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) pair in a food pass. The male brings food to the female, who flips upside down to receive it. A food pass can take place either during courtship, as in this case, or during brooding of the chicks later in the season, when the female is mostly on the nest and the male does much of the hunting.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the food pass, in which the male Hen harrier (above), carrying food, catches up with the female, who flips over to receive the prey item he drops for her, often a vole or a Meadow pipit, or sometimes a Red grouse chick.
19 April 2014
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
Osprey family on nest, Loch of the lowes
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Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve
The entire Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) family of 2003 at the Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve. The female and three young are on the nest, and the male is landing with a fish.
06 July 2003
Large Red Damselfly, Ardeer
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
A record shot of a Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) - a female because it has yellow markings - Ardeer, Ayrshire
