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Hooded Crow, RSPB Inversnaid
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Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. Unlike Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Hooded Crow are typically more sociable and will forage in small groups. Both species can interbreed which results in hybrid birds with varying plumages between a grey and black body.
01 May 2022
The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond, Inversnaid
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The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar.
01 May 2022
Male Redstart, RSPB Inversnaid
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Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. This species starts breeding in May, and will typically have 1-2 clutches of eggs. Each clutch can contain up to 6-7 eggs in total.
01 May 2022
Female Pied Flycatcher, RSPB Inversnaid
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A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) holding an insect in its beak while perched on a tree branch in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Female Pied Flycatchers are characterised by a pale brown colour. The species is insectivorous and catches insects while flying, as its name suggests. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Male Pied Flycatcher, RSPB Inversnaid
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A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a tree branch in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Male Pied Flycatchers are black above and white below, with white patches on the wings, on the tail sides and on the forehead. The term hypoleuca, in fact, comes from the Greek hupo, "below", and leukos, "white". Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Pied flycatcher male, Inversnaid
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A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) perched on a tree branch at RSPB Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Male Pied Flycatchers are black above and white below, with white patches on the wings, on the tail sides and on the forehead. The term hypoleuca, in fact, comes from the Greek hupo, "below", and leukos, "white". Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Male Pied Flycatcher, Inversnaid
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A male Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) entering a Schwegler nest box at RSPB Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Pied Flycatchers are hole-nesting birds and readily use human-provided nest boxes. They are migratory and are found in the UK only during the breeding season, when they arrive after spending the winter in western Africa. Description by Ilaria Lonero.
17 June 2009
Female Pied Flycatcher, Inversnaid
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A female Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) peeping out of a Schwegler nest box in Inversnaid, on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Pied Flycatchers are hole-nesting birds and readily use human-provided nest boxes. They are migratory and are found in UK only during the breeding season, when they arrive after spending the winter in western Africa.
Description by Ilaria Lonero
17 June 2009
The Garrison, Inversnaid RSPB Reserve
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The Garrison, Inversnaid RSPB Reserve, showing a Black grouse lekking area.
18 June 2016
The Garrison, Inversnaid RSPB Reserve
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The Garrison, Inversnaid RSPB Reserve, looking up the valley of the Snaid Burn.
