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Male Blackcap in a garden, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in a garden in Kelvindale, Glasgow, a record shot taken by David Palmar on a dull day through a window. The bird was coming to fat balls and sunflower seed. Warblers normally migrate south to Africa, but some Blackcaps overwinter here, or may have migrated here south-west from Scandinavia, as the winter weather is milder.
24 January 2022
Female Siskin in a garden, Glasgow
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Female Siskin (Carduelis spinus) in a garden in Kelvindale, Glasgow.
24 January 2022
Stockingfield Bridge construction, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Works beginning to create the new twin-span pedestrian, cycle and wheeling Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, where the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal joins the main line of the canal which runs from Bowling to Grangemouth. The new bridge will promote active travel and join up communities previously divided from each other, such as Wyndford, Ruchill and Gilshochill. Taken by David Palmar
12 January 2021
Stockingfield Bridge construction, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Works beginning to create the new twin-span pedestrian, cycle and wheeling Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, where the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal joins the main line of the canal which runs from Bowling to Grangemouth. The new bridge will promote active travel and join up communities previously divided from each other, such as Wyndford, Ruchill and Gilshochill. Taken by David Palmar
12 January 2021
Stockingfield Bridge construction, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Works beginning to create the new twin-span pedestrian, cycle and wheeling Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, where the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal joins the main line of the canal which runs from Bowling to Grangemouth. The new bridge will promote active travel and join up communities previously divided from each other, such as Wyndford, Ruchill and Gilshochill. Taken by David Palmar
12 January 2021
Red Fox asleep beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) curled up beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Red foxes do quite well in the city, where it is warmer than the countryside, and where food is in reasonable supply, either from bins, from children throwing away their excess food, or from more conventional sources, such as rodents.
12 January 2021
Black-headed Gull eating white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) eating a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. , birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Moorhens fighting over bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Three Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Moorhens competing for bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Two Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.
12 January 2021
Black-headed Gulls fighting over bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Two Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) fighting over a slice of white bread on the frozen Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar Birds become hungry in the winter when food is scare and the demands of keeping warm increase. Birds will eat whatever they can find, even if white bread is not as good for them as natural food sources.