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With limited time in service for the HST, ScotRail I7C with 43035 up front (43034 on the rear) arrives at Perth working 1T14, the 06:39 Aberdeen – Glasgow Queen Street service on 13 May 2025.

Nikon D40

ISO-200
Aperture-F9
Aperture Mode
185 mm
Shutter Speed-1/640

A male Moaning Frog (Heleioporus eyrei) [Myobatrachoidea; Limnodynastidae], from Safety Bay, Western Australia.

In the Perth region, this is the most common Heleioporus species, and most likely to be encountered. It has a very distinctive call, being a loud, drawn-out moan, and large choruses may form around suitable breeding sites. Unlike all other Heleioporus species, H. eyrei breeds around permanent waterbodies, including lakes, ponds, dams, swamps; rather than ephemeral wetlands and drainage lines. This individual was found around a suburban lake, with little, and unstructured, remnant vegetation in the vicinity. Most frogs were heard calling within a few metres of the lake's edge though some were a good distance from the water, even in adjacent backyards.

Like the other Western Australian Heleioporus, males construct burrows from which they call, and where breeding pairs lay eggs, prior to the onset of the regular winter rains. Unlike the four congeners in SW WA, I found that burrows of H. eyrei contained water at their deepest points, while other species called from dry burrows.

SF74 YNA is a Volvo B13RLET/Carrus 9700DD new to Fife Scottish (for the Stagecoach Perth JV fleet) in October 2024 as their number 50517.

It carries Scottish Citylink livery and seen here leaving Edinburgh on service M90 to inverness.

A Thomasson is an architectural leftover or vestige that no longer has any use and is actively maintained.

the western gerygone (Gerygone fusca)