Young Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) wing flapping on the nest at the Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve
06 July 2003
Shelduck, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) wing-stretching on Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire.
22 April 2024
Gadwall and Teal, RSPB Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
A male Gadwall (Anas strepera) flapping its wings and a male Teal (Anas crecca) at RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell. Gadwall utilise both marine and Intertidal wetland habitats.
17 March 2024
Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) chasing each other on Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, surrounded by Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus)
18 May 2017
Cormorants on a floating island, RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on an artificial raft or floating island at RSPB Lochwinnoch, created for conservation purposes, taken by David Palmar. Mostly these are immature Cormorants with a white breast and a generally greyer appearance, but with one darker adult.
12 December 2021
Puffin wing flapping, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) wing flapping, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson
01 August 2021
Kittiwake, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The black legs and feet, and black wingtips ("dipped in ink" and without "mirrors") distinguish the Kittiwake from other common gull species. Kittiwakes are surface feeders, and are declining around Britain due to lack of food availability caused by climate change.
