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Kittiwake nesting colony on a cliff, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) nesting colony on a cliff, Ailsa Craig
01 July 2007
Herring gull nest with egg, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus) nest with one egg on Ailsa Craig
01 July 2007
Sea urchin shell in Herring gull nest
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
A broken sea urchin (Echinoidea) shell in a nest on Ailsa Craig, evidence of what a Herring gull (Larus argentatus) was feeding its chicks.
01 July 2007
Kittiwakes nesting on a cliff, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
A group of Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on a cliff, Ailsa Craig
01 July 2007
Herring gull chick on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus) chicks hiding under rocks beside their nest on Ailsa Craig
01 July 2007
Bird's Nest Orchid
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
Bird's Nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), a saprophytic orchid relatively unusual in the north of Britain. It has no green leaves, and instead derives its nutrients from dead vegetation with the aid of a fungus. It usually lives in conjunction with beech trees.
12 June 2012
Coot with chick, Bingham's Pond
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Coot (Fulica atra) with chick on nest at Bingham's Pond, Glasgow
20 July 2005
Two eggs in an eyrie
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Two eggs in an eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar
16 August 2024
Black-Throated Diver on nest
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CEP - Torridon and Applecross
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica) on its nest on Loch Maree in 1952, taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate and the exact location is unknown.
01 May 1952
Cormorants, Currarie Port, Ballantrae
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CEP - Ayrshire
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo), Currarie Port, Ballantrae, South Ayrshire. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1984.
