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Common Hawker dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Females lack the blue tail markings of the male.
20 September 2020
Common Hawker dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Females lack the blue tail markings of the male.
20 September 2020
Common Hawker dragonfly in flight, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly in flight, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Males have blue markings on their tails.
20 September 2020
Southern hawker
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) at Wester Moss, Fallin
13 September 2016
Ragwort, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by David Palmar. Arran can be seen in the background.
06 August 2023
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Common Foxglove, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), a plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, in Compartment 30 located near the Airey Woodland Trail, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
05 August 2017
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.