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Wednesday wildlife – under the rainbow

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 (7:50 AM)

This week’s photographic offering from site director Nick Card.

Golden plovers over the rainbow - large numbers gather around Brodgar on their way south from Iceland and Scandinavia. (📷 Nick Card)

Formation of whooper swans on their way south. (📷 Nick Card)

Heron at dusk. (📷 Nick Card)

A large gathering of mute swans take shelter from the wind. (📷 Nick Card)

Perfect synchronised flying by whooper swans. (📷 Nick Card)

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