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Greylag Geese in flight, Loch Melfort
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
Greylag Geese (Anser anser) in flight, Loch Melfort
05 June 2016
Mixed flock of White Fronted and Greylag Geese, Loch Sween
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
Mixed flock of White Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) and Greylag Geese (Anser anser), Loch Sween. Geese are very gregarious and will often form flocks of multiple species, as there is safety in numbers.
07 November 2010
Buzzard feeding
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
A Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) feeding on a crag near Loch Sween, seen on an excursion with the Argyll Bird Club.
Part of a flock of 150 White-Fronted Geese which were wintering in Argyllshire.
07 November 2010
White Fronted Geese, Loch Sween
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
White Fronted Geese, Loch Sween, showing a neck collar which enables the bird to be tracked on migration by observation, being easier to read than a leg ring, which it also carries. To read the leg ring, the bird would need to be caught.
07 November 2010
Thrift or Sea pink with orange and green lichens
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
A clump of Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) by a rock with a typically Scottish west coast assemblage of orange, green and white lichens, with Seil Sound in the background.
30 May 2010
Thrift or Sea Pink
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Argyllshire - Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) is found on coastal rocky cliffs, particularly in Scotland. It flowers from April to July, with globular heads of pink flowers. This photo was taken by the shore of Loch Sweenl in Argyllshire
