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Chiffchaff, a returning spring migrant
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Baron's Haugh - one of the first of the spring migrants to return to Scotland from warmer climes.
24 March 2015
Ptarmigan chick at Glenshee
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Glenshee - summer scenery and Ptarmigan
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) chick sitting on a rock. Its mother was close by.
27 July 2007
Blackbird on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackbird (Turdus merula) female eating a Rose hip, Glasgow. Many Blackbirds are resident, but in winter their numbers are swelled by visitors from their breeding grounds in the north, such as Scandinavia.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on Rose hips, which were slightly too big for them to swallow whole, so they preferred smaller Berberis and Cotoneaster berries, Glasgow. Its crop is bulging with berries, which they gobble at an astounding rate of several every minute.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Berberis
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) hanging upside down to get at Berberis berries, Glasgow
11 December 2012
Red-throated diver, Lewis
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Western Isles - Lewis
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) in summer plumage, Lewis
27 June 2011
male Brambling on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) on a frosty branch in a Glasgow garden. Bramblings are winter visitors to this country. They leave the UK in spring to breed in Finland, Scandinavia and Russia. Their numbers fluctuate year to year depending on the availability of beech mast in the breeding grounds.
13 December 2010
European Beaver in Loch Barnluasgan, Knapdale
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North Knapdale
European Beaver (Castor fiber) in Loch Barnluasgan, Knapdale, taken by David Palmar
01 June 2022
European Beaver in Loch Barnluasgan, Knapdale
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North Knapdale
European Beaver (Castor fiber) in Loch Barnluasgan, Knapdale, taken by David Palmar
01 June 2022
The summer house at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Stirlingshire - Howietown and Old Sauchie
The summer house at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
