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backwater reservoir
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Osprey - A screenful
Heck of a few minutes at Backwater, a Buzzard, Red Kite, my first Osprey of 2024 and a low, fast grey thing shooting past at heather height!- Scozmos
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Crossbills in the Angus Glens.
Well, there you go, I hadn't noticed this area before, glad I've found it now. I've been walking at the reservoir as often as possible and one of my goals has been to view and photograph the Crossbills up there, sometimes I see them, sometimes I don't :( but, I've been putting together a photo... -
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Almost at the end of my reservoir walk, I stopped to photograph some Bullfinches on heather when more walkers arrived and scared them away but, I looked up and these guys weren't bothered at all. Nice end to the year, photographically speaking. Happy New Year to everyone.- Scozmos
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Spot the Shrike
A beautiful but chilly afternoon sitting on a rock waiting ......... then it showed for a good long time, I walked away first :)- Scozmos
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The Glaikit Raven
This bird was calling loudly and staring down at the ground below and as I approached, flew towards me, over my head and back ....... twice! Raven? Huge beak and really gruff call, anyone seen this behaviour before?- Scozmos
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What's he pointing?
Wigeon pair flying over the dam at Backwater- Scozmos
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If you don't stop wriggling, you're going back in
Osprey and catch at Backwater Reservoir this morning- Scozmos
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Meadow Pipit - are you still taking photos?
Landed nearby while I watched the Cuckoo doing nothing :) (Or is it Tree Pipit)?- Scozmos
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Osprey and fish
Came up from behind tree down by the waters edge, cropped to centre only- Scozmos
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Crossbill female at Backwater Reservoir
- Scozmos
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Brown Hare
Not sure, but I think this is probably the first picture I've taken of one of these guys! More-or-less in the same area as the cuckoo I showed you yesterday.- delia todd
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Cuckoo
From Lintrathen, we moved on to Backwater Reservoir, just along the road, but up in the hills. It provides the main water supply for Dundee. We didn't see too much worthy, or visible, for photographing, but this was the star of the show for me - a year photo tick in Cuckoo. We had heard one or...- delia todd
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Winter thrushes
FOS At the beginning of November we took a trip round country roads and up the glens to see what winter visitors we could find. Part of our trip took us up to Backwater Reservoir. On the way back I saw a load of birds sitting on the power lines half way across a field, so it was pretty distant...- delia todd
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Backwater Reservoir
AAP A little tidy-up of my external hard drive and coming across pictures I'd completely forgotten about. This was taken years ago, before I'd heard of Birdforum! It's the top end of the reservoir where there's a car park and picnic area, though I rarely see it busy. This picture is looking...- delia todd
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- Category: Landscapes
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Snowberries
AAP A couple of weeks after the Kestrel picture at Backwater, we returned, so it was more-or-less this same time of year. I was rather taken with the look of these snowberries in the damp atmosphere.- delia todd
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- Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
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The drama of highland skies
AAP After taking the pictures of the Kestrel, the weather really closed in and I couldn't resist taking this picture looking across the loch as the rain cloud swarmed over the hill towards us. It got a bit wet for a while;)- delia todd
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