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Meadow Pipit song flight
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) song flight, Langholm Moor. The bird repeatedly flies upwards at a steep angle, then parachutes down towards the ground, singing.
20 April 2014
Meadow Pipit song flight
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Shetland - Sumburgh
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) hovering in song flight at Sumburgh Airport, Shetland
11 July 2013
Short-eared owl in flight
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Orkney - Eday
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight, Eday, Orkney
15 July 2015
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display.
19 April 2014
Male Hen harrier sky dancing
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Dumfriesshire - Langholm Moor
Male Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) sky dancing display flight, Langholm Moor. He flips over to be upside down at the top of the display, showing his white underside instead of the usual grey back.
The display takes place mainly as the pair form or renew their pair bond in March to May. Later on in the season, most of the male's energy is taken up not in display but with hunting to provide for the female (or more than one!) and the rapidly growing youngsters.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the sky dancing display. It is cropped from the full display shot to show where the male flips over at the top of the display.
19 April 2014
Long-eared owl in flight
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East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Long-eared owl (Asio otus) in flight over a golf course
01 May 2013
Long-eared owl in flight
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82
East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Long-eared owl (Asio otus) in flight over a golf course
01 May 2013
Curlew in flight
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight, Skinflats, Firth of Forth
12 March 2013
Curlew in flight
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight, Skinflats, Firth of Forth
12 March 2013
Lapwing flock in flight
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126
Grangemouth
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flock in flight, Grangemouth
