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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
Eider Duck family, Shetland
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Shetland - Virkie
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) adult female with brood, Pool of Virkie, Shetland
19 June 2014
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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Western Isles - North Uist
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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Western Isles - North Uist
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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Western Isles - North Uist
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Eider creche, females and young, Hougharry
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Western Isles - North Uist
A group of female Eiders come together to look after their young jointly in a creche, Hougharry, North Uist.
08 July 2010
Ptarmigan with chick, Glenshee
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Glenshee - summer scenery and Ptarmigan
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) chicks are every bit as well camouflaged as their parents. This image shows a fluffy youngster with its mother.
Young ptarmigan can get up and run away almost as soon as they are born.
27 July 2007
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.
