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Red Campion, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig scenery, plants and animals
Red Campion (Silene dioica), is an ancient woodland indicator and can often be found in shaded woodlands during or not long after Bluebells have finished flowering. It is an important food source for invertebrates and is often mentioned in mythology. This photo was taken on Ailsa Craig, where it is unlikely that there was any ancient woodland - the plant has a widespread distribution.
24 June 2007
Bladder Campion, Little Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Little Cumbrae
The fused sepals of the Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) create bulges which give the plant its name. In bloom from May to September, this plant can be seen in hedgerows, fields and roadside verges. This photo was taken on Little Cumbrae.
20 May 2007
Bladder Campion, Little Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Little Cumbrae
The fused sepals of the Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) create bulges which give the plant its name. In bloom from May to September, this plant can be seen in hedgerows, fields and roadside verges. This photo was taken on Little Cumbrae.
20 May 2007
Campsie Fells and Dumgoyne with snowy sunset
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Stirlingshire
The Campsie Fells and Dumgoyne from near Drymen, with the sunset making the snowy hills pink under a blue sky.
16 December 2017
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Red Clover, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), Balranald RSPB nature reserve, North Uist. One of Britain's rarest bumblebees, the Great Yellow is now restricted to some Scottish islands and the very north of Scotland. It has a particular association with nectar producing plants such as Red Clover and Bird's Foot Trefoil.
04 August 2017
Pink-footed goose flock on cereal stubble
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) flock on cereal stubble, Skinflats
25 February 2013
Pink-footed goose flock taking off
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) flock taking off from cereal stubble, Skinflats
25 February 2013
Osprey family on nest, Loch of the lowes
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Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve
The entire Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) family of 2003 at the Loch of the Lowes SWT Reserve. The female and three young are on the nest, and the male is landing with a fish.
06 July 2003
Puffins on Lunga
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Mull
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on Lunga, Treshnish Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off Mull. The adult birds return to their nesting colony in late March or early April and lay a single egg in late April or early May.
24 May 2008
Tree Stump, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Tree stump with Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) and Chickweed Wintergreen (Lysimachia europaea, formerly Trientalis europaea) at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey. Common Cow-wheat is an indicator species for ancient woodlands, which are now scarce across Scotland.
