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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
Common terns on raft, Port Edgar
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Queensferry
Common terns (Sterna hirundo) nesting on a tern raft at Port Edgar, South Queensferry, Firth of Forth
26 May 2019
Common terns on raft, Port Edgar
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Queensferry
Common terns (Sterna hirundo) nesting on a tern raft at Port Edgar, South Queensferry, Firth of Forth
26 May 2019
Grey heron on floating island, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) takes advantage of the safety offered by a Biohaven - a floating island on Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. These islands were partly the result of action by the Friends of Glasgow's Local Nature Reserves, and are designed for the safety of roosting and breeding birds.
20 January 2018
Clearing a ditch, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Clearing a ditch on the Aber Bog at RSPB Loch Lomond. In the foreground is a mink raft to monitor the occurrence of this invasive non-native and destructive species.
20 January 2017
Brisc conference excursion 2014 examining a mink raft
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Brisc (Biological Recording in Scotland) conference 2014 excursion to the Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) reintroduction site and habitat in Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire. This picture shows a pond created for water voles and Katy Anderson from the Forestry Commission Scotland demonstrating a raft to detect mink footprints. If mink are detected, trapping and dispatch are carried out to protect the water voles. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
