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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
Song thrush brooding
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Tayside and Dundee
Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) brooding her eggs, Tayside.
01 May 2015
Long-tailed tit nest
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) peeping out of its nest, which is made of lichen and lined with feathers.
23 March 2015
Otter peeping out of holt, Shetland
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Shetland - Northmavine
Otter (Lutra lutra) peeping out of holt, Northmavine, Shetland
05 July 2014
Two Otters at holt, Shetland
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Shetland - Northmavine
Two Otters (Lutra lutra) at holt, Northmavine, Shetland
09 July 2014
Three Otters peeping out of holt, Shetland
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Shetland - Northmavine
Three Otters (Lutra lutra) peeping out of holt, Northmavine, Shetland