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Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis

Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis


Postby U059361 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:37 am

23rd July, cloudy up top, but this little guy was bobbing about despite all the crowds.
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Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis
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Re: Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis

Postby Stobart » Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:57 pm

Nice photo. My one and only sighting of a Snow Bunting was at Ben Nevis's summit too. Hoping for more at Cairngorm / Ben Macdui tomorrow.
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Re: Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis

Postby prog99 » Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:00 am

Stobart wrote:Nice photo. My one and only sighting of a Snow Bunting was at Ben Nevis's summit too. Hoping for more at Cairngorm / Ben Macdui tomorrow.

Would be surprised if you didn't see any. They fought over the crumbs of my pork pie on Macdui a few years ago.
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Re: Snow Bunting on Ben Nevis

Postby Caberfeidh » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:33 am

They do seem quite fearless. I saw a twitcher at Cairngorm ski centre car park wearing all the expensive camouflage gear, squinting through an expensive monocular on a tripod at a snow bunting - it was perched on his boot !
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