Birds
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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) Lochan Sgeireach Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) showing bars on its tail, Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Loch Eileanach. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) on car Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Winter plumage female Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter or female Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Female Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Nedd. Photo S.Taylor
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Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Nedd. Photo S.Taylor
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Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Nedd. Photo S.Taylor
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Adult male Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Lochinver. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter Brent Goose (Branta bernicla hrota) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa) Stoer cemetery. Photo D.Haines
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Young Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Juvenile Knot (Calidris canutus) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Rock Dove (Columba livia), Clashnessie. Photo Geoff Hall
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Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica), Achmelvich. Photo Geoff Hall
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House Martin (Delichon urbicum), adult feeding young, Lochinver. Photo D.Haines
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Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) Loch Inver. Photo D.Haines
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Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) juveniles, Inverkirkaig. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Loch na Claise. Photo D.Haines
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Adult Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) Loch Inver. Photo D.Haines
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Immature female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) after a Rock Dove meal, Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) juvenile/1st-winter, Loch Inver. Photo D.Haines
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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) 'over' Sail Ghorm, Quinag. Photo D.Haines
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Juvenile Gannet (Morus bassanus) off Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) rescued from 'Rientraid' fish farm. Photo D.Haines
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Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Adult Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) Bay of Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Brackloch. Photo D.Haines
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Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D.Haines
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) dust bathing Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines
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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on feeder Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Male House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) with live food Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Male Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) and Siskin (Spinus spinus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) adult and juveniles at garden feeder Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Male Siskin (Spinus spinus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Young Great Spotted woodpecker and its mother, Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Female Great Spotted woodpecker feeding young, Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Canada Goose sp. Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Male Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) entering post box nest, Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines
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Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D.Haines
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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Torbreck. Photo M.Rochester
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Lesser Redpoll female (Acanthis cabaret), Torbreck. Photo M.Rochester
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Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret), Torbreck. Photo M.Rochester
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Small part of c.2000 mixed gull flock between Clashnessie Bay and Bay of Culkein. Mainly Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). Photo D.Haines
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Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus) at rear with Whooper Swan (C. cygnus) foreground, Loch na Claise. Photo A.Mackenzie
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Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret), Clashmore. Photo A.Mackenzie
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Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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(1.) 2nd-winter Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Bay of Stoer.
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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Ledmore River. Photo T.Mainwood
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Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix) and two Hooded/Carrion Crow hybrids, Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) and Common Gull (Larus canus) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) on Lochinver garden bird table. Photo J.Young
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Pair of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) on car tyre Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) pellet and Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) remains from pellet, Achnacarnin. Photo D.Haines
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Male eclipse Goosander (Mergus merganser) Lochan an Iasgaich opposite LA Tree Nursery. Photo D.Haines
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Adult female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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First winter Razorbill (Alca torda) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Merlin (Falco columbarius), Clashmore. Photo A.Mackenzie
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Juvenile Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) Oldany estuary. Photo D.Haines
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Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) Culkein Stoer. Photo J.French
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Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) with food Glencanisp Lodge. Photo D.Haines
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Eider (Somateria mollissima) female and young, Balchladich Bay. Photo J.French
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Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) Torbreck. Photo D.Haines
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Stronchrubie. Photo A.Bulch
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Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) Raffin. Photo D.Haines
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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Bay of Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D.Haines
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Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines
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Male Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) in pouring rain Achnacarnin. Photo D.Haines
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Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Oldany. Photo D.Haines
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Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Oldany. Photo D.Haines
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Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight over Stoer green. Part of flock of c.125 birds. Photo D.Haines
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Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Loch an Aigeil, Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) on frozen Loch an Aigeil, Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines
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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) in pine tree Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in snow Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Teal (Anas crecca) on frozen Loch na Claise. Photo D.Haines
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Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) summit of Spidean Coinich, Quinag. Photo D.Mollison
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Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) off Culkein Drumbeg jetty. Photo D.Haines
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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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(Common) Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) above Rientraid. Photo D. Haines
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Winter plumage Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) Achmelvich Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) with guelder rose berry, Torbreck. Photo G. Richards
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Juvenile Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) family Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Buzzard (Buteo buteo) walled garden Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Eider (Somateria mollissima) and Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) below Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Male Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in winter plumage, Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D. Haines
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) Clashnessie. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile House Martin (Delichon urbicum) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Knot (Calidris canutus) Bay of Stoer. Photo A. Degnan
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Red Kite (Milvus milvus) Inchnadamph. Photo Chris Rix
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Fulmar chick (Fulmarus glacialis) on cliffs Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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male Rose-coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) and juvenile (Common) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) 24hr-old chick on grass Clashnessie Bay car park. Photo D. Haines
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) with 2hr-old chick Clashnessie Bay, car park. Photo D. Haines
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) July 2020 - First birds on Assynt nest for 150 years. Photo D. Haines
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) having dust bath, Clachtoll. Photo F. Pringle
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Juvenile Common Gulls (Larus canus) Loch Neil Bhain. Photo D. Haines
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Adult and juvenile Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba yarrellii) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) Stoer Green. Photo D. Haines
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Buzzard (Buteo buteo) and Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) over Stoer Green. Photo D. Haines
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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding young, Torbreck. Photo G. Richards
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Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) off Stoer Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), breeding plumage Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Gannets (Morus bassanus) off Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Mixed Gulls Clashnessie Bay (5 species). Photo D. Haines
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Lochinver. Photo D. McGrath
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Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) Loch Poll track. Photo D. Haines
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Male Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Loch Poll track. Photo D. Haines
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Male White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) and flies Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Greylag Goose (Anser anser) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) Achnacarnin. Photo Pam Mackenzie
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Male Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarrellii) preening after bathing Achmelvich carpark. Photo D. Haines
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Immature Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) River Inver. Photo M. Rochester
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Adult female Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Dunnock (Prunella modularis) singing, Rhicarn. Photo D. Haines
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Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) wing stretching Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Oldany estuary. Photo D. Haines
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) being harassed by Raven (Corvus corax) over Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Magpie (Pica pica) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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1st-winter Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Loch Inver. Photo D. Haines
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Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) Lochinver. Photo D. Haines
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Male Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Loch Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Loch Inver. Photo D. Haines
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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) Loch Fasg an t-Seana Chlaidh, Achmelvich. Photo D. Haines
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Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) Culag Wood. Photo D. Haines
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1st-winter Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Eider (Somateria mollissima) off Stoer Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Loch Borralan. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa islandica) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Loch Ruighean an Aitinn, Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Black-throated Divers (Gavia arctica) off Achmelvich Bay. Photo D. Haines
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House Martins (Delichon urbica) gathering mud for nests, Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Female Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) with caterpillar Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Balchladich. Photo J. French
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) Balchladich Bay. Photo J. French
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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa islandica) Bay of Culkein. Photo J. French
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Male Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Male Garganey (Spatula querquedula) Loch Neil Bhain. Photo D. Haines
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Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Adult female and juvenile House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Magpie (Pica pica), Culkein Stoer. Photo A. Bulch
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Pair of Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis flammea cabaret), Culkein Stoer. Photo A. Bulch
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Male Siskins (Carduelis spinus) Culkein Stoer. Photo A. Bulch
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Adult female Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) Little Assynt. Photo D. Haines
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Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Oldany estuary. Photo D. Haines
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Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D. Haines
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Male Gadwall (Anas strepera) Loch Neil Bhain. Photo D. Haines
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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) and Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) on boat Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Immature Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Loch Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Achmelvich Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) on nest, Culag Wood. Photo D. Haines
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Photo D. Haines
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Long-tailed Tits, Lochinver. Photo D. McGrath
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Siskin (Carduelis spinus) Inverkirkaig. Photo D. Haines
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Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) River Inver. Photo D. Haines
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Eider (Somateria mollissima) off Stoer Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) over Loch Nedd. Photo D. Haines
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Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) nr. Nedd Bridge. Photo D. Haines
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Male Teal (Anus crecca) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) Unapool. Photo Kevin Starling
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Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) Unapool. Photo Kevin Starling
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Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Immature White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) near Oldany. Photo D. Haines
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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Loch Culag. Photo L. Pearce
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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Loch Culag. Photo L. Pearce
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Male House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) on 'anvil' with snail Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Adult Grey Heron (Ardrea cinerea) Loch an Ordain, Torbreck. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) waiting to be fed on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Large flock of Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) and a single Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile House Martin (Delichon urbica) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Lochan Sgeireach. Photo D. Haines
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Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) in water dish Badnaban. Photo D. Bird
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Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) Balchladich. Photo D. Haines
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Adult White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Loch Kirkaig. Photo M. Young
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Pair of Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Male Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) Raffin. Photo D. Haines
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Male Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) near Little Assynt. Photo D. Haines
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Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) near Raffin. Photo D. Haines
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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa islandica) Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) in Drumbeg garden. Photo A. Munro
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Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Black-throated Divers (Gavia arctica) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Pair of Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) Quinag. Photo C.Cant
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Two male Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) displaying to single female, Loch Inver. Photo G. Richards
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) Culkein Stoer. Photo A. Iveson
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Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Lochinver. Photo D. Haines
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Curlew (Numenius arquata) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Clashmore. Photo M.Hall
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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Clashmore. Photo M. Hall
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Torbreck. Photo G. Richards
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Two adult Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) with four 1st-winter birds, Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) and Fieldfare (T. pilaris) Badnaban. Photo D. Bird
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Buzzard (Buteo buteo) over Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Adult Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) showing breeding plumage Loch Assynt. Photo D. Haines
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Male Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Loch an Aigeil. Photo D. Haines
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Recently dead Little Auk (Alle alle)found on Clashnessie beach. Photo E. Kershaw
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2nd-winter Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Pale-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla ssp. hrota) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (and juvenile Siskin) on feeder Baddidarach. Photo K.Fairchild
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Juvenile Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Glencanisp Nature Trail. Photo D. Haines
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Culkein Drumbeg. (This bird was well away from any breeding site). Photo D. Haines
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Rock Doves (Columba livia) feeding Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines (trail camera)
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Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines
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Shelduck pair (Tadorna tadorna) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Red-throated Divers (Gavia stellata) Loch a' Chairn Bhain. Photo D.McBain
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Mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) Loch Ruighean an Aitinn. Photo D.Haines
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Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) on Allt nan Uamh. Photo D.Haines
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Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Greylag geese (Anser anser) near Oldany. Photo D.Haines
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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Culkein Stoer. Photo P.Burnett
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Greylag Geese adults and goslings (Anser anser) Loch an Aigeil. Photo S.Lockhart
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Adult White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) grazing at Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) at Raffin November 2011. Photo D.Haines
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1st-winter White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) at Culkein January 2011. Photo D.Haines
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Drake Eider (Somateria mollissima) Lochinver Bay. Photo C.Reekie
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Male Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) on River Inver. Photo D.Haines
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Male Eider (Somateria mollissima) obtaining breeding plumage Achmelvich. Photo T.Barnshaw
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Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) Loch an Aigeil. Photo H.Ellis
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Male Pintail (Anas acuta) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Leucistic Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Clashmore. Photo D.Haines
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Male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Nedd garden. Photo I.Evans
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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Lochan Sgeireach. Photo T.Barnshaw
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Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) Loch an Laethid Rainich. Photo D.McBain
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1st-winter Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Maiden Loch, Clachtoll. Photo T.Barnshaw
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Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) on peanut feeder Baddidarach. Photo K.Fairchild
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Juvenile Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) on River Inver. Photo L.Pearce
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Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) Loch Ruighean an Aitinn. Photo D.Haines
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Adult male Wigeon (Mareca penelope) in eclipse plumage Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) 'stashing' seeds Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) off Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D.Haines
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) carrying Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Achmelvich. Photo C.Mcgaw
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Male Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) near Rhicarn. Photo D.Haines
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Eider (Somateria mollissima) pairs Badnaban bay. Photo D.Bird
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Juvenile White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) off Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) over Torbreck. Photo P.Burnett
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One of our few 2016 Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) showing tail Torbreck. Photo G.Perrie
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1st-winter Dunlin (Calidris alpina) near Stoer. Photo P.Burnett
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Juvenile Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) in Badnaban garden. Photo D.Bird
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Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) near Raffin. Photo D. Haines
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Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) over Assynt. Photo P.Burnett
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Parent Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with chicks Bay of Stoer. Photo P.Burnett
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) and chick, Clashnessie. Photo C.Puddephatt
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Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) Bay of Culkein. Photo J.Pam
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Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Raffin. Photo L.Sedgley
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Adult Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Loch an Aigeil. Photo G.Richards
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Adult Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) Bay of Culkein. Photo P.Burnett
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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) and male Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Juvenile Ruff (Reeve) (Philomachus pugnax) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines
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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in garden Badnaban. Photo L.Pearce
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Great Northern (Gavia immer) Diver Achmelvich Bay. Photo P.Burnett
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Young Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) near Inverkirkaig. Photo G.Erram
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Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D.Haines
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Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) in Torbreck garden. Photo G.Richards
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Juvenile Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) Stoer Head. Photo T.Barnshaw
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Male Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) Torbreck. Photo M.Rochester
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Great Tit (Parus major) nest in post box Baddidarach. Photo K.Fairchild
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Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) juvenile Clashmore. Photo J.Brown
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Male Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R.Glover
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Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male and juveniles Clashmore. Photo J.Brown
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) juvenile Raffin. Photo J.Brown
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), River Inver. Photo L.Pearce
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Female Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R.Glover
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Brown morph female Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Clachtoll. Photo S.Lockhart
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House Martin (Delichon urbicum) collecting mud Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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House Martin (Delichon urbicum) nest building Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Pair of Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) on garden feeder Badnaban. Photo L.Pearce
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Redwing (Turdus iliacus) in garden Torbreck. Photo G.Richards
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Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) on Loch an Ordain (NC0625). Photo A.Summers
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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) with Rock Dove (Columba livia) meal Clachtoll. Photo S.Lockhart
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) nest building Clachtoll. Photo S.Lockhart
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Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Nedd. Photo I.Evans
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Juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis) in house Cathair Dhubh. Photo R.Glover
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) Achmelvich. Photo C.Hind
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Male and Female Eider (Somateria mollissima) Bay of Culkein. Photo M.MacLeod
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Juvenile Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Juvenile Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in nest Clachtoll. Photo S.Lockhart
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Juvenile Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Oldany estuary. Photo D.Haines
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1st-winter male Loch Inver. Photo G.Richards
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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) ground feeding Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines
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Female Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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White-tailed Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) on Eilean Chrona. Photo J.MacLeod
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1st-winter male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Baddidarach. Photo M.Snowden
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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) on creel boat off Assynt. Photo J.MacLeod
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Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) in garden Badnaban. Photo L.Pearce
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Juvenile Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Bay of Culkein. Photo G.Richards
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Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) being released Lochinver. Photo D.Haines
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Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) being released Lochinver. Photo D.Haines
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Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) Oldany Estuary. Photo D.Haines
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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) off Stoer Head. Photo T.Barnshaw
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Male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Nedd. Photo I. Evans
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Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) Stoer Head. Photo T. Barnshaw
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Redwing (Turdus iliacus) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R. Glover
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Glencanisp, on camera trap. Photo J. Cullen
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) immature. Photo D. McBain
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) near Loch Borralan. Photo D. McBain
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Curlew (Numenius arquata) feeding on Stoer green. Photo L. Pearce
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Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) on Quinag. Photo D. McBain
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Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) on Quinag. Photo D. McBain
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) male Stoerhead. Photo D. Haines
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Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) gathering nesting material Baddidarach. Photo M. Snowdon
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) near Clachtoll. Photo S. Lockhart
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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Rubh'an Dunain. Photo D. Haines
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) consuming Edible Crab Rubh'an Dunain. D. Haines
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Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Balchladich. Photo L. Sleight
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Juvenile Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Inchnadamph. Photo H. Morrison
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Male Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) Little Assynt. Photo L. Pearce
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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) and House Martin (Delichon urbicum) River Inver. Photo L. Pearce
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Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) and Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Loch Ardbhair. Photo A. Summers
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Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) on garden feeder Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) Torbreck. Photo M. Rochester
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1st-winter Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) Baddidarach. Photo C. Barley
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Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on rocks below Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) with leg ring Culkein Bay. Photo P. Burnett
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Male Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Common Crane (Grus grus) Loch na Claise. Photo D. Haines
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Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Torbreck. Photo M. Rochester
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Typical view of a Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) (male) Raffin. Photo C. McGaw
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Winter plumage Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Bay of Culkein. Photo P. Burnett
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Full breeding plumage Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Culkein Stoer. Photo C. McGaw
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Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) Bay of Clachtoll. Photo P. Burnett
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Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) Raffin. Photo D. Haines
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Redwing (Turdus iliacus) Lochinver, one bird with excess white in plumage. Photo A. Summers
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis) singing from perch Raffin. Photo T. Barnshaw
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Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Male Great Tit (Parus major) Clachtoll. Photo D. McBain
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Male Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) Torbreck. Photo M. Rochester
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Juvenile Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Badnaban bay. Photo D. Bird
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Male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) Torbreck. Photo M. Rochester
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1st-winter Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines
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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) near Elphin. Photo G. Richards
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Redshank (Tringa totanus) juvenile and shy adult Culkein Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) juvenile near Bone Caves. Photo G. Richards
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Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Little Assynt. Photo G. Richards
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Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) in Baddidarach garden. Photo C. Barley
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Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) being rescued Clashnessie. Photo E. Kershaw
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Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) Balchladich Bay. Photo D. Haines
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on nest Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Nedd. Photo I. Evans
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Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) Raffin. Photo S and B Bartram-Gibson
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Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica) in Duartbeg garden. Non-Assynt bird but useful for comparison. Photo R. Burton
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Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) and Siskin (Spinus spinus) on garden feeder Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Razorbills (Alca torda) in Lochinver Bay. Photo L. Pearce
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) on passage over Stoer. Photo S. Lockhart
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) on passage at Culkein Stoer. Photo A. Summers
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Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) near Elphin. Photo A. Venters
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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) coming in to land. Photo R. Glover
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Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) on garden fence Lochinver. Photo D. Cook
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Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Strathan part of c800 flock. Photo A. Summers
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Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) on rowan, part of c800 flock Strathan. Photo D. Haines
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Male Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on rowan, Nedd. Photo I. Evans
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Part of c600 Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) flock Strathan. Photo D. Haines
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Male Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Strathan garden, one of c600. Photo D. Haines
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Male Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on Rowan Lochinver. Photo D. Haines
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A few Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) in garden at Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) Culkein Stoer. Photo J. Pam
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Juvenile Sanderling (Calidris alba) on shore Bay of Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Knot (Calidris canutus) on rocks Rubh'an Dunain. Photo D. Haines
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Adult Barn Owl (Tyto alba) at day roost. Photo S. Lockhart
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Adult Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) near Nedd. Photo S. Demanet
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Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) on feeder Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce
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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) on beach Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) near Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Juvenile Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on shingle Loch Kirkaig. Photo A. Woodthorpe
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) adult male feeding juvenile male, Glen Darroch. Photo K. Fairchild
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Adult and Juvenile Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on feeder Baddidarach. Photo M. Snowdon
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Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) pale-morph Stoer Head Lighthouse. Photo G. Trew
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Common Gull (Larus canus) on nest Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Baddidarach. Photo K. Fairchild
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Swallow Swallow (Hirundo rustica) on Lochinver Breakwater. Photo L. Pearce
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Long-tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus) on feeder Baddidarach. Photo K. Fairchild
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Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) in reed bed Loch na Claise. Photo D. Haines
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Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis flammea cabaret) on feeder Baddidaroch. Photo M. Snowden
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Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on nest Achmelvich. Photo by D. Haines
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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) with Rock Dove (Columba livia) breakfast, Culkein Drumbeg. Photo by J. France
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Gannet (Morus bassanus) diving for food. Photo R. Glover
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Adult summer Razorbills (Alca torda). Photo R. Glover
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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Achmelvich. Photo D. Haines
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Clachtoll. Photo D. Haines
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Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines
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Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in summer, Clachtoll. Photo R. Glover
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Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) Lochinver garden. Photo J. Jacobsen
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1st winter Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Oldany Estuary. Photo D. Haines
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Adult Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Bay of Culkein. Photo D. Haines
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Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R. Glover
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Redwing (Turdus iliacus) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R. Glover
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Cathair Dhubh. Photo R. Glover