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Goosander family, River Kelvin
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Goosander (Mergus merganser) female and chicks on the River Kelvin, Maryhill, June 2020, taken by Pat Thomson. The female (sometimes known as a redhead) shows a definite line between the brown head and the white breast. This distinguishes a Goosander from a Red-breasted meganser, in which these two colours merge.
06 June 2020
Sanda, Eider ducks and fluffy young
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Sanda
Sanda, Eider ducks and fluffy young with sea stacks in the background.
17 June 2006
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
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
European Garden Spider Nest, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
European Garden Spider nest (Araneus diadematus) containing spiderlings, situated under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow.
05 June 2024
European Garden Spider Nest, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
European Garden Spider nest (Araneus diadematus) containing spiderlings, situated under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow.
05 June 2024
European Garden Spider Nest, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
European Garden Spider nest (Araneus diadematus) containing spiderlings, situated under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow. For photographical purposes the leaf was temporarily turned over.
05 June 2024
European Garden Spider brood hatching from nest, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Spider brood, possibly European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) hatching from a nest under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow
03 June 2024
European Garden Spider brood hatching from nest, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Spider brood, possibly European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) hatching from a nest under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow
03 June 2024
European Garden Spider brood hatching from nest, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Spider brood, possibly European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) hatching from a nest under a Foxglove leaf (Digitalis purpurea) in Kelvindale, Glasgow
