Birch Polypore or Razor Strop (Fomitopsis betulina), a common bracket fungus, at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Fungi help to rot down trees which are damaged or growing old, recycle their nutrients and provide habitat for invertebrates which attract woodpeckers.
20 November 2021
A witches' broom in a Birch tree, Garscube estate, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
A witches' broom in a Birch (Betula pendula) tree, caused by the witches' broom fungus (Taphrina betulina), in Garscube estate, Glasgow
04 June 2020
Silver Birch sapling near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) sapling near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly on Downy Birch, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly on Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar. Note the white spot on the forewing.
25 June 2023
Silver Birch woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven
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Perth and Kinross - Loch Leven
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven
19 March 2017
Giant Polypore, Falls of Clyde
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South Lanarkshire -Falls of Clyde
Giant Polypore (Meripilus giganteus) at the Falls of Clyde, taken by David Palmar
08 October 2022
Silver Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. The bark is silvery and the twigs at the end of the branches exhibit a characteristic drooping habit.
