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Black-headed Gull eating white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) eating a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. , birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Moorhens fighting over bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Three Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Moorhens competing for bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Two Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Black-headed Gulls fighting over bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Two Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Slices of white bread on the ice, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Half a white loaf thrown out on to the icy Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, taken by David Palmar. Such supplementary feeding may save some birds from starvation in winter, but it is much better to feed them with grain, or wholemeal bread, as white bread is not good for them and can clog up their insides.
03 January 2021
White tailed eagle in flight, Skye
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Portree area
White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, Skye, with a Lesser Black Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) hoping for some remains of a fish
01 July 2011
White tailed eagle in flight, Skye
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Portree area
White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, Skye
01 July 2011
Greater Butterfly Orchid, Lochgair, Argyllshire
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CEP - Loch Gair
Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) around Loch Gair, Argyllshire. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar
02 December 2016
Green-veined White, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Green-veined White (Pieris napi) on Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum), taken by David Palmar. This is a female, spring brood individual. Later in the season the dark grey/brown colouration on the upperwing becomes less obvious.
06 August 2023
White Campion, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
White Campion (Silene latifolia), taken by David Palmar. The flower has five petals that are deeply notched.