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Water Rail, Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
During one of the coldest winters for many years, Water Rail, usually not easy to see, were more obvious as they had to look outside their usual feeding areas which were frozen, in an attempt to forage for food.
10 January 2010
Water Rail, Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
During one of the coldest winters for many years, Water Rail, usually not easy to see, were more obvious as they had to look outside their usual feeding areas which were frozen, in an attempt to forage for food.
10 January 2010
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
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
Snow buntings
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Moray - Lossiemouth
Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) in winter plumage eating seeds by the River Lossie, Lossiemouth.
26 January 2015
Group of Snow buntings
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Moray - Lossiemouth
Group of Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) in winter plumage eating seeds by the River Lossie, Lossiemouth.
26 January 2015
Snow buntings
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Moray - Lossiemouth
Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) in winter plumage eating seeds by the River Lossie, Lossiemouth.
26 January 2015
Waxwing on Berberis
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Slightly smaller than a starling, Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) are winter visitors to the UK, coming mainly to feed on winter berries such as these Berberis berries (Berberis vulgaris). The birds will eat 800-1000 berries a day which is equivalent to twice their body weight. This photo was taken in Glasgow.
