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Golden Plover male
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) male calling, Lochindorb.
11 July 2009
female mallard eating carrot
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) eating a carrot in the Highland Wildlife Park
02 July 2008
Ring Ouzel, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) sitting on a snow fence, Cairngorms ski area. The fact that it has food in its mouth shows that it is breeding in this area.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan female in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms. Notice the brown speckled plumage which camouflages the bird brilliantly.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan male in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms.
08 June 2008
Ptarmigan male in summer plumage, Cairngorms
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Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in summer plumage, Cairngorms, probably a female as there is only slight evidence of a red wattle above the eye.
08 June 2008
Slavonian Grebe pair
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) pair in summer plumage
13 April 2008
Slavonian Grebe pair
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) pair in summer plumage
13 April 2008
Slavonian Grebe
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Male Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) swimming in summer plumage.
13 April 2008
Slavonian Grebe
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Cairngorms National Park - birds in summer
Male Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) in summer plumage swimming in a ring of water
