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Wednesday wildlife – who’s watching who?

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 (8:30 AM)

This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.

Who's watching who?
Inquisitive seals in the Stenness loch.
New otter on the block.
Eel for breakfast.
Glaucous gull - a relatively rare visitor on its way south after a summer in the far north.
Female mallards take flight.
Flight of tufted ducks take to the air.
Heron sheltering on the shore.

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