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C E Palmar - Golden Eagle returning to eyrie, wings outstretched
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Taken by Charles Eric Palmar in the 1950s in Scotland, probably in Argyllshire, an adult Golden Eagle returns to the eyrie, wings outstretched, tail fanned for landing and with a twig in her beak. This photo was published in the National Geographic magazine.
22 October 2010
Male Goosander on Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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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
Greenfinch on frosty branch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A male Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) perching on a frosty tree branch, Glasgow. The Greenfinch is one of Europe’s most widely distributed birds, breeding from the Mediterranean to the arctic, but absent from Iceland. The male is dull-olive green with some yellow on the breast and rump, and bright yellow wing flashes. Its scientific name comes from khloris, from the Greek khloros, "green".
07 December 2010
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
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
Female Blackbird with a black beak, Pitlochry
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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
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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
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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
Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull , Isle of May
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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
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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.