Your pictures of Scotland: 21 - 28 March
A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 21 and 28 March. Send your photos to [email protected].
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Swan Serenade
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky did not, after all, write Duck Pond. The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ...
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Swanning about: Seven facts about Swans
It’s thought to derive from the sound a Whooper swan might make as it gasps for breath – a descending tone of eerie beauty. The royal connection with swans goes back centuries. Even today the ...
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Wigeon and fussy toads: How a successful Scottish wetland project has seen species go from zero to thousands
A corner of Scotland has a successful story to tell ... and large numbers of wigeon, teal and whooper swans. The WWT Caerlaverock initiative is a £325,000 project funded by NatureScot’s Nature ...