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Great tit, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Botanic Gardens, Hillhead, Kelvinbridge and Kelvingrove
Great tit (Parus major), Glasgow Botanic Gardens
20 May 2017
Great tit, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Botanic Gardens, Hillhead, Kelvinbridge and Kelvingrove
Great tit (Parus major), Glasgow Botanic Gardens
20 May 2017
Blue Tit with sunflower seed in its beak, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
A Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with a sunflower heart in its beak. The bird visits a feeder for a few seconds, grabs a seed, then retreats to a bush where it can consume the seed safely. Taken by David Palmar in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. behind the bird is a hanging nest or resting hole.
30 January 2022
Male Blackcap, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a warbler which mostly migrates to Africa for the winter, but a few stay in the UK, or migrate to the UK from Scandinavia for the winter. Taken in a Glasgow garden in January by David Palmar. Despite being insectivorous in the summer, they are attracted to the garden in winter by sunflower seed and fat balls with seeds embedded in them.
30 January 2022
Male Blackcap in a garden, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in a garden in Kelvindale, Glasgow, a record shot taken by David Palmar on a dull day through a window. The bird was coming to fat balls and sunflower seed. Warblers normally migrate south to Africa, but some Blackcaps overwinter here, or may have migrated here south-west from Scandinavia, as the winter weather is milder.
24 January 2022
Female Siskin in a garden, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Female Siskin (Carduelis spinus) in a garden in Kelvindale, Glasgow. The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a migratory bird that resides in parts of Eurasia. The female Siskin lacks the black cap of the male. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
24 January 2022
House sparrows in a garden, Bingham
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Nottinghamshire
Female House sparrows (Passer domesticus) in a garden in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, taken by David Palmar
19 January 2022
Starling on a garden feeder, Bingham
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Nottinghamshire
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on a garden feeder, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, taken by David Palmar
19 January 2022
Brambling, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
A male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), a winter visitor to Kelvindale, Glasgow. This is a record shot taken at high ISO through the fog, dullness and behind branches on a dreich December day. Photo taken by David Palmar
18 December 2021
Goosander brood on the River Kelvin, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Goosander (Mergus merganser) female and ducklings on the River Kelvin by the Glasgow Botanic Gardens arboretum, taken by David Palmar
