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Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May 17059 43 Firth of Forth - Isle of May Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with its beak open, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet. 01 August 2021
Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May 17058 43 Firth of Forth - Isle of May Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with open beak, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet. 01 August 2021
Male Goosander on Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow 01230 351 Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) on Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, displaying with its beak pointing upwards. 09 January 2011
A pair of Arctic Terns, TIree 18928 155 Tiree A pair of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea), taken by Rebecca Dickson. These birds were observed strengthening their bond by sharing a small fish on the beach. 12 May 2024
Female Blackbird with a black beak, Pitlochry 18531 395 Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) with a black beak, Pitlochry, either a juvenile or a migrant, possibly from Scandinavia. 23 November 2019
Blue Tit with sunflower seed in its beak, Glasgow 17456 370 Glasgow - Kelvindale A Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with a sunflower heart in its beak. The bird visits a feeder for a few seconds, grabs a seed, then retreats to a bush where it can consume the seed safely. Taken by David Palmar in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. behind the bird is a hanging nest or resting hole. 30 January 2022
Puffin with sand eels, Isle of May 17069 43 Firth of Forth - Isle of May Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with five sand eels in its beak, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson 01 August 2021
Red-necked Grebe with beak open, Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow 16762 347 Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) on Hogganfield Loch with its beak open, taken by Rebecca Dickson. 12 September 2020
Skylark, Kirkbuster, Stronsay 15685 341 Orkney - Stronsay Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Kirkbuster, Stronsay, Orkney, with food in its beak, showing evidence of breeding 08 July 2019
85-0659 Hen Harrier chick, Kilpatrick hills 15228 258 CEP - Glasgow Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) chick in the Kilpatrick Hills. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1985. 29 June 1985

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May

17059

Firth of Forth - Isle of May

Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with its beak open, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson.
The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet.

01 August 2021

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May

17058

Firth of Forth - Isle of May

Juvenile Lesser Black backed gull (Larus fuscus) with open beak, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson.
The bristly appendages inside its mouth seen on its upper jaw are not teeth in the proper sense, but are spines raked backwards to help the gull keep control of slippery fish it is eating or (when it grows up to be a parent), for retaining fish to feed its young. The tongue has a backward-facing barb useful for moving food into its gullet.

01 August 2021

Male Goosander on Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow

01230

351

Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube

Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) on Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, displaying with its beak pointing upwards.

09 January 2011

A pair of Arctic Terns, TIree

18928

155

Tiree

A pair of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea), taken by Rebecca Dickson. These birds were observed strengthening their bond by sharing a small fish on the beach.

12 May 2024

Female Blackbird with a black beak, Pitlochry

18531

395

Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie

Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) with a black beak, Pitlochry, either a juvenile or a migrant, possibly from Scandinavia.

23 November 2019

Blue Tit with sunflower seed in its beak, Glasgow

17456

370

Glasgow - Kelvindale

A Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with a sunflower heart in its beak. The bird visits a feeder for a few seconds, grabs a seed, then retreats to a bush where it can consume the seed safely. Taken by David Palmar in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. behind the bird is a hanging nest or resting hole.

30 January 2022