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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
juvenile Arctic Tern, Hougharry, North Uist
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Western Isles - North Uist
A juvenile Arctic Tern sitting on a rock, with spray from a summer gale behind, Hougharry, North Uist
08 July 2010
A pair of Arctic Terns, TIree
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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
Sandwich Terns at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
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Argyllshire - Kintyre
Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) at Ronachan Point, Kintyre, including one which has just caught a Sand Eel (Ammodytes sp.) and is probably offering it to a prospective mate as a courtship gift.
27 April 2024
Sandwich Tern with Sand Eel at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
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Argyllshire - Kintyre
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) which has just caught a Sand Eel (Ammodytes sp.), at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
27 April 2024
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
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
Arctic terns in flight, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) in flight, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson. In the background is the boat from Anstruther, the May Princess.
01 August 2021
Arctic tern in flight, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight, Isle of May, taken by Rebecca Dickson
