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Young Peregrine Falcons, Falls of Clyde
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde birds and animals
Young Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) sitting in the nest at the Falls of Clyde
14 June 2003
Otter eating a crab
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South Knapdale
Otter (Lutra lutra) eating a crab, Argyllshire
02 June 2011
Otter eating a crab
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South Knapdale
Otter (Lutra lutra) eating a crab, Argyllshire
02 June 2011
Otter eating a fish
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South Knapdale
Otter (Lutra lutra) eating a fish, Argyllshire
02 June 2011
Golden Eagle's pellets
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) pellets. The eagle, in common with other birds of prey, is unable to digest hair, bones or feathers, accumulations of which are ejected from the crop in the form of castings or pellets. This pictures shows three typical ones and an unusual one composed entirely of lamb's wool. Analysis of such pellets gives an accurate index of the bird's food, which consists chiefly of rabbits and hares in the grassy districts of the western mainland, and grouse and hares in the rolling heather moorlands of central, eastern and northern areas of the HIghlands. Carrion - usually in the shape of a dead sheep or deer - forms a major food item in all districts. Nearly all of the relatively small number of lambs taken come into this latter category, as casualties are often heavy from the treacherous spring weather in the mountains.
Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar.
16 August 2024
Osprey, Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
This ringed Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) known locally as 'White AA' can be seen here fishing over the River Spey. If you look closely at this photo, you can see the white ring on its left leg displaying the letters AA. Photo taken by David Palmar at Spey Bay.
26 July 2023
Osprey & Arctic Tern, Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
This Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) continued mobbing this Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) whilst it was trying to catch its lunch from the River Spey. Photo taken by David Palmar at Spey Bay.
26 July 2023
Peregrine Falcon, Kinneil
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, with a pigeon caught at Kinneil, taken by Rebecca Dickson
28 January 2023
Buzzards over Overtoun Glen
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) soaring around each other in the sky above Overtoun Glen in West Dunbartonshire, taken by David Palmar. Buzzards do this to scan the area for prey.
07 April 2023
Sea urchin shell in Herring gull nest
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
A broken sea urchin (Echinoidea) shell in a nest on Ailsa Craig, evidence of what a Herring gull (Larus argentatus) was feeding its chicks.
