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Great crested grebe pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) in their pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch. The female lowers her body on the mating platform as an inviation to the male to mate.
09 March 2020
Great crested grebe pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) in their pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch. The pair head towards the mating platform, which will later become the nest.
09 March 2020
Great crested grebe pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) in their pre-mating ritual on Linlithgow Loch. The female swims low in the water as an invitation to mate, followed by the male in a similar pose.
09 March 2020
Great Crested Grebes mating
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus) mating. The female is almost invisible, mostly under water.
28 February 2013
Great Crested Grebes mating
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus) mating.
28 February 2013
Great Crested Grebes mating
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus) about to mate. The female adopts a receptive bending over posture.
28 February 2013
Great Crested Grebes mating
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus) at mating platform. The female lays her head and bill along the water surface as an invitation to the male.
28 February 2013
Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet Moths mating, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Narrow-bordered 5 spot Burnet moths (Zygaena lonicerae) mating on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
13 July 2024
Dock Bugs mating, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Dock Bugs (Coreus marginatus) mating on a Dock plant at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
12 May 2023
Green Tiger Beetles mating, Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Green Tiger Beetles (Cicindela campestris) mating on Butterfly Conservation Scotland's nature reserve at Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig, taken by David Palmar
