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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
Oystercatcher, Tiree
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Tiree
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), taken by Rebecca Dickson. Adults can weigh anywhere between 465 and 640g.
11 May 2024
Dipper in the River Kelvin, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) foraging in the River Kelvin near the Halfpenny Bridge, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
09 November 2020
Common Drone Fly on Ragwort, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) in Kelvindale, Glasgow. It can be distinguished from other drone flies and from Honey Bees by a dark vertical face stripe and curved banana-shaped rear tibia (seen in the enlargement of part of this photo in the corner)
29 July 2016
Common Drone Fly on Ragwort, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) in Kelvindale, Glasgow. It can be distinguished from other drone flies and from Honey Bees by a dark vertical face stripe (seen in the enlargement of part of this photo in the corner) and curved banana-shaped rear tibia
29 July 2016
Goosander on the River Dee at Threave
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Threave Castle and Nature Reserve
Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) foraging for fish on the River Dee at Threave Nature Reserve, Dumfriesshire.
12 April 2019
Red-tailed Bumblebee on Ragwort
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
The female Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), seen here on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), can be distinguished by having a mostly black body but a prominent red tail, lacking the yellow banding on the face and thorax of the male. These are sociable insects nesting in burrows and under rocks. They will fly from spring through to autumn, before going into hibernation (with the exception of the old queen and the males which will die in the autumn). Can be seen anywhere with flowers. This photo was taken in Kelvindale, Glasgow
29 July 2016
Whimbrel, Tiree
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Tiree
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) foraging on Tiree, Argyll and Bute.
