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Wednesday wildlife – all around the lochs

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 (8:00 AM)

This week’s superb selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.

Oystercatcher reflection.
Wren.
Low-flying swans.
Swan pair.
Swan pair.
Curlew.
Swan being circled by a common seal.
Posing swan.
Redshank.
Oystercatcher traffic jam.
Meadow Pipit about to take flight.
Flight of oystercatchers.

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