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Grasshopper Warbler, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
An adult female Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) in the hand of a licensed ringer, Ardeer, North Ayrshire, taken by David Palmar. Formerly classified under the broad warbler family Sylviidae, they are now recognised as part of family Locustellidae, (named after their repetitive trilling song which sounds like a loud grasshopper).
13 June 2021
Grasshopper Warbler, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
An adult female Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) in the hand of a licensed ringer, Ardeer, North Ayrshire, taken by David Palmar. Formerly classified under the broad warbler family Sylviidae, they are now recognised as part of family Locustellidae, (named after their repetitive trilling song which sounds like a loud grasshopper).
13 June 2021
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Whitethroat, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), a summer visiting and breeding warbler on Great Cumbrae.
06 June 2009
Sardinian Warbler
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St Abb's
A male Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) at the Mire Loch, St Abb's. Although common in the Mediterranean, these appear only rarely in Scotland, blown in by south-easterly winds.
19 October 2013
female Blackcap in conifer tree in winter, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackcaps, while not common in the winter in Scotland, have become commoner than they used to be in winter. They may be migrants from Scandinavia, while "our" breeding blackcaps have migrated to warmer climes.
15 December 2010
Garden Warbler, Low Barns
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Northumbria and Durham
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on an Alder tree at Low Barns Nature Reserve, County Durham.
06 May 2024
Garden Warbler, Low Barns
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Northumbria and Durham
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on an Alder tree at Low Barns Nature Reserve, County Durham.
06 May 2024
Garden Warbler, Low Barns
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Northumbria and Durham
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on an Alder tree at Low Barns Nature Reserve, County Durham.