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1 Apr 2020

Baby Big 5 ... and friends

A close-up of a lamb, facing directly to the camera. It has a brown fleece with darker outer ears and white inner ears.
Scotland is famous for its Big 5 in wildlife (golden eagle, red deer, red squirrel, harbour seal and otter), but now that spring has sprung we thought it would be fun to take a look at their baby versions!
A mother badger and her 5 cubs snuffle for food in a grassy glade, beneath a large branch. A golden eagle chick perches on straw. It has white fluffy feathers all over, with long talons and a severe beak. A group of 4 otters snuggle together on a muddy bank. The youngest sits beside its mother and looks towards the camera, with its front paws spread out on the ground. A very young red deer stands in a field, nuzzled by its mother. It has a spotty coat, very thin legs, a tufty tail and almost translucent large ears. A seal pup with a brown mottled coat lies on its tummy on a sandy beach. A young red squirrel sits on the woodland floor beside a log. Seeds or nuts are scattered in the foreground. Its tufty ears are already apparent. A Highland calf faces the camera head on. It stands in a lush grassy field. It has a shaggy orange fringe almost covering its eyes and a yellow tag in one ear. A brown-fleeced lamb scampers down a grassy hillside. A young pine marten peeks out of a hollow tree stump. It stands on its hind legs and rest its front paws on the rim of the trunk. It has black beady eyes and large, almost triangular pale ears.

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