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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
Witch's broom on Silver Birch, Forth and Clyde Canal, Ruchill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Witch's broom, a ball-shaped deformity in a tree caused by a pathogen such as a fungus, in this case on Silver Birch (Betula pendula), near the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow branch, Ruchill
23 February 2020
Witch's broom on Silver Birch and Reed mace, Forth and Clyde Canal, Ruchill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Witch's broom, a ball-shaped deformity in a tree caused by a pathogen such as a fungus, in this case on Silver Birch (Betula pendula), near the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow branch, Ruchill. In the foreground is Reed mace or bulrush (Typha sp).
Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Hogganfield Park, Seven Lochs Wetland Park, Glasgow. Silver birch is recognisable by its silvery papery bark.
07 March 2019
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, 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.
20 November 2021
Downy Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Downy Birch is more upright than Silver Birch and its brown bark has horizontal grooves.
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
