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Cornflowers at Grangepans Wildflower Meadow, Bo'ness
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Grangepans Wildflower Meadow, Bo'ness, created by Buglife as part of an Inner Forth Landscape Initiative project. Amongst plants seeded there are cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus), an annual which encourages pollinators. Wildflower meadows are an important habitat for a variety of species. However we have lost over 97% of them in the UK since the 1930s.
02 August 2017
Grangepans Wildflower Meadow, Bo'ness
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Grangepans Wildflower Meadow, Bo'ness, created by Buglife as part of an Inner Forth Landscape Initiative project. Buglife volunteers are in the background of this picture. Amongst plants seeded there are cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), annuals which encourage pollinators. Wildflower meadows are an important habitat for a variety of species. However we have lost over 97% of them in the UK since the 1930s.
02 August 2017
Dasysyrphus albostriatus hoverfly on Ragwort
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Hoverfly (Dasysyrphus albostriatus) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Bo'ness. This species can be identified by the three pairs of oblique yellow bars on the black abdomen, sometimes forming V-shapes, and two grey stripes on its thorax (which you can see in the enlarged section of the photo).
05 August 2016
Green-veined White butterfly, Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Green-veined White (Pieris napi) butterfly at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Ox-Eye Daisy
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The Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) is similar in appearance to a daisy but much larger, with flowerheads around 6cm across. It grows in wildflower meadows between June and August and is possibly in decline in Scotland. This picture was taken at Bridgeness Biodiversity Day, Bo'ness.
05 October 2016
Bo'ness harbour from the Maid of the Forth
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Bo'ness harbour taken on a cruise from South Queensferry to Kincardine Bridge and back on the Maid of the Forth - an IFLI event called The Inner Forth from a New Perspective.
01 September 2017
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Weld, Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Weld (Reseda luteola) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Leafcutter bee on Ragwort at Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Leafcutter bee (Megachile sp) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Leafcutter bee on Ragwort at Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Leafcutter bee (Megachile sp) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
