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Whitethroat, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), a summer visiting and breeding warbler on Great Cumbrae.
06 June 2009
Arran from Kames Bay, Millport
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Millport, Firth of Clyde
Arran from Kames Bay, Millport, with RV Aora, the Inner Eilean, and West Bay.
15 April 2012
Manx Shearwater flock, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) flock off the ferry slip, Great Cumbrae, seen from PS Waverley in Largs Channel. The flock totalled about 100 birds. The ferry is CalMac's MV Loch Shira.
24 August 2020
Common Seal eating a fish off Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Common seal (Phoca vitulina) eating a fish off Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
15 November 2010
Common Daisies, Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Common Daisies (Bellis perennis), Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire
16 June 2019
Common Daisy, Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis), Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire
16 June 2019
Cormorant, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Silhouetted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on rock, drying its wings in Kames Bay, Millport, Great Cumbrae. You can tell it's a Cormorant and not a Shag as it has a stout beak and a white patch under its chin.
22 January 2005
Fairy Foxglove
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Fairy foxglove (Erinus alpinus) in Millport, Great Cumbrae
28 May 2016
Mute swan and Cormorant, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with Mute swan (Cygnus olor), Millport, Great Cumbrae. Some research has investigated the effects of Mute swans on other water bird species. These swans are known to behave territorially towards other species, however no real negative impact was observed. (Guillaume, G., Matthieu, G., Pierre, D. and Patrick, G., 2013. Effects of mute swans on wetlands: a synthesis. Hydrobiologia, 723(1), pp.195-204.)
09 October 2004
Cormorant, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying out with Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in background at Great Cumbrae
