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Scotland has a very diverse range of wildlife, e.g.

· Adder

· Badger

· Daubenton's Bat

· Mountain Hare

· Orkney Vole

· Otter

· Pine Marten

· Red Deer

· Red Fox

· Red Squirrel

· Roe Deer

· Scottish Wood Ant

· Wild Goat

· Wildcat

· Atlantic Salmon

· Basking Shark

· Bottlenose Dolphin

· Common Seal

· Grey Seal

· Harbour Porpoise

· Minke Whale

· Orca (Killer Whale)

· Golden Eagle

· Osprey

· Peregrine

· Red Kite

· White-tailed Eagle

· Black Grouse

· Capercaillie

· Chough

· Crested Tit

· Crossbill

· Dipper

· Great Spotted Woodpecker

· Kingfisher

· Ptarmigan

· Red Grouse

· Snow Bunting

· · Arctic Skua

· Arctic Tern

· Gannet

· Great Skua

· Guillemot

· Manx Shearwater

· Puffin

· Razorbill

· Storm Petrel

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· Barnacle Goose

· Black-throated Diver

· Corncrake

· Dotterel

· Eider

· Goosander

· Greenland White-fronted Goose

· Lapwing

· Red-breasted Merganser

· Red-Necked Phalarope

· Red-throated Diver

· Slavonian Grebe

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