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Loch Tulla from Beinn Dorain
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Bridge of Orchy Loch Tulla and Beinn Dorain
Loch Tulla from Beinn Dorain, with scree slopes formed by frost shattered rocks in the foreground.
25 April 2011
Greenfinch on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A male Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) perching on a frosty tree branch, Glasgow. The Greenfinch is one of Europe’s most widely distributed birds, breeding from the Mediterranean to the arctic, but absent from Iceland. The male is dull-olive green with some yellow on the breast and rump, and bright yellow wing flashes. Its scientific name comes from khloris, from the Greek khloros, "green".
07 December 2010
male Brambling on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) on a frosty branch in a Glasgow garden. Bramblings are winter visitors to this country. They leave the UK in spring to breed in Finland, Scandinavia and Russia. Their numbers fluctuate year to year depending on the availability of beech mast in the breeding grounds.
13 December 2010
Cormorants on old railway viaduct pillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) roosting on an old railway viaduct pillar above the River Kelvin in Kelvindale, taken in winter from the Kelvin Aqueduct on the Forth and Clyde Canal by David Palmar
03 January 2021
Cairngorms from Glenshee
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Glenshee - Scenery and Mountain hares in winter
The Cairngorms from Glenshee, showing features of glacial erosion, such as corries, U-shaped hollows carved out thousands of years ago by small glaciers on the sides of the mountains, and where snow still lies today. On the ridge in the foreground is a layer of loose rock caused by frost-shattering, a freeze-thaw process which breaks up rocks.
03 February 2007
Winter on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow in 1974
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
A contre jour picture of winter on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow in 1974, when we really had frosts before climate change became significant.
19 July 2007
Robin on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on frosty branch, Kelvindale, Glasgow
07 December 2010
Male Brambling on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
A male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) on a frosty branch in Glasgow. Bramblings are members of the Finch family and are winter visitors to this country. Interestingly, male Bramblings tend to winter further north than females, a behaviour also seen in Chaffinches. Therefore winter flocks may be formed of birds that are mainly one sex. Young birds also tend to winter further south than adults. This is known as differential migration and probably results from competition for food in winter.
13 December 2010
Frost on umbellifer flower, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Frost on umbellifer flower giving the apperaance of ice crystals, RSPB Baron's Haugh Nature Reserve
12 December 2012
Shoveler, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Shoveler (Anas clypeata) pair on a pool in an otherwise frozen loch, RSPB Baron's Haugh Nature Reserve
