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Important Bird Areas of Scotland (3 C, 2 P) O. ... Pages in category "Birdwatching sites in Scotland" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
The Geographical Collections relating to Scotland state: The Lady Isle, which belongs to the Earle of Dundonald by gift from one of the Scottish Kings, lays west from Corsbie about 3 or 4 miles of sea, where is the mines of ane old chapell with an excellent spring of water, abounds with rabels, plenty of all sorts of water foull and whyt fish ...
Dunnet Head (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Dùnaid) is a headland in Highland, on the north coast of Scotland. [1] [2] Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain. Caithness is the historic county that Dunnet Head was within, the county town was Wick. [3]
Pages in category "Bird observatories in Scotland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Scotland.The avifauna of Scotland include a total of 535 species, of which 9 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
A & C – resident; most birds are of feral origin; wild birds in far N & W Scotland Stock dove (Columba oenas) A – resident breeding species Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) A – resident breeding species Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) A – breeding summer visitor Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) A – rare vagrant Collared dove
Pages in category "Important Bird Areas of Scotland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The bird referred to in English translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses, book 6, as lapwing [28] is probably the northern lapwing. Tereus is turned into an epops (6.674); Ovid presumably had the hoopoe in mind, whose crest indicates his royal status and whose long, sharp beak is a symbol of his violent nature.