Pictures of the Month

May 2008

Black Guillemots at Port Askaig, Islay

Taken on a trip with the RSPB Glasgow Local Group

April 2008

Waves breaking over rocks on Staffa

Taken on a Wild Caledonia "Argyll and the Isles" holiday. The boat trip was by Turus Mara, who operate out of Ulva Ferry.

March 2008

House Sparrow, Flanders Moss, Stirlingshire

It may seem odd to have a House Sparrow as picture of the month, but it is a declining species now in many farmland areas. However, on the farmed part of Flanders Moss there still seems to be enough food around for them.

February 2008

Male Black Grouse feeding in birch trees, Grampian Highlands

January 2008 - Red Deer at the Pass of Drumochter, Grampian Highlands

2130 Red Deer

December 2007 - Coot falling through the ice on Bingham's Pond in Glasgow

November 2007 - Barnacle Geese flying in from the Merse at sunrise, Caerlaverock

8624 Barnacle Geese against sunrise, Caerlaverock - click the picture for the Caerlaverock page

October 2007 - Whooper Swans displaying on the Loch of Strathbeg - taken on an excursion with the RSPB Glasgow Group

0575 Whooper Swans on Loch of Strathbeg

September 2007 - female Red-Breasted Mergansers entering the water, Great Cumbrae

0032 Red-Breasted Mergansers entering water - click the picture for the Great Cumbrae page

 

August 2007 - Manx Shearwater on the Firth of Clyde - taken on a Clyde Pelagic Cruise

8023 Manx Shearwater flying on Firth of Clyde - click the picture for the Clyde Pelagic Cruises page

July 2007 - Gannet stalling in flight off Ailsa Craig - taken on a trip organised by the Argyll Bird Club

5568 Ailsa Craig - Gannet in flight - click the picture for the Ailsa Craig page

 

June 2007 - Lapwing at Fidden, Mull, taken on a Wild Caledonia holiday

0792 Lapwing, Fidden, Mull - click the picture for the Mull page

 

May 2007 - Avocets mating, RSPB Marshside, Lancashire

3049 avocets mating - click the picture for the page on England

 

April 2007 - Common Gull worrying a fishing Red-Breasted Merganser,
Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde

2912 common gull worrying merganser female fishing - click the picture for the Great Cumbrae page

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