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Common Seal, Loch Eynort, Loch Aineort
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Western Isles - South Uist
Group of Common seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on the seaweed, Loch Eynort, Loch Aineort, South Uist
02 July 2010
Tree stump and dried-out peat, Cochno
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
An ancient tree stump emerging as the dried out peat is eroded, Cochno, taken by David Palmar
08 July 2023
Mountain Hare peeping out, Glenshee
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Glenshee - Scenery and Mountain hares in winter
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) standing out in its winter coat against the lack of snow in the background, Glenshee. Because of climate change there is less snow cover than previously, and the hares are now more obvious, and more susceptible to predation.
03 February 2007
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire. The mink was an accidental or deliberate addition to the British fauna in the 20th century, the result of animals escaping from or being released from fur farms, and is now regarded as an invasive species. Mink have a reputation for destroying more prey than they can possibly eat, including birds and their eggs and young.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire. The mink was an accidental or deliberate addition to the British fauna in the 20th century, the result of animals escaping from or being released from fur farms, and is now regarded as an invasive species. Mink have a reputation for destroying more prey than they can possibly eat, including birds and their eggs and young.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire.
04 February 2018
Dead Common Toad, Dunkeld
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Perthshire
The dried out body of a Common toad (Bufo bufo), one of seven seen on a short stretch of path near the Glack, Dunkeld. It seems likely that exceptionally warm daytime weather brought the animals out of hibernation early - in mid February - and a sudden frost at night caught them out, probably a result of climate change, a symptom of which is more unpredictable weather.
