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Water vole feeding site
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Water vole feeding site with chewed grass stems - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole feeding site
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) feeding site with chewed grass stems - a field sign of water voles taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole droppings in a small latrine
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water vole droppings in a small latrine - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole burrow blocked with plug of grasses
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water vole burrow blocked with plug of grasses - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in a park in Easterhouse, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live. These rodents plug some of their burrow entrances with a mixture of mud and vegetation to help maintain heat in their burrows through winter.
17 September 2014
Water vole tumulus
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
A water vole tumulus - like a mole hill, but made by a fossorial water vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) - a field sign of water voles taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park in Easterhouse, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live. These rodents plug some of their burrow entrances with a mixture of mud and vegetation to help maintain heat in their burrows through winter.
17 September 2014
Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris), Glasgow. Water voles in eastern Glasgow are terrestrial, or fossorial as they are called, instead of living near water. They have a mixture of black and brown coats.
28 March 2018
Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris), Glasgow. Water voles in eastern Glasgow are terrestrial, or fossorial as they are called, instead of living near water. They have a mixture of black and brown coats.
28 March 2018
Broad-leaved Helleborine, Richmond Park
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), a plant in the family Orchidaceae, in Richmond Park Glasgow. The Broad-leaved Helleborine can often be found on wastelands in and around Glasgow, as well as in woodlands. It is colloquially known as "the Glasgow weed".
18 July 2024
Broad-leaved Helleborine, Richmond Park
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), a plant in the family Orchidaceae, in Richmond Park Glasgow. The Broad-leaved Helleborine can often be found on wastelands in and around Glasgow, as well as in woodlands. It is colloquially known as "the Glasgow weed".
18 July 2024
Harlequin Ladybird larva, Richmond Park
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
Harlequin Ladybird larva (Harmonia axyridis) in Richmond Park. The Harlequin Ladybird is a non-native invasive species which was first introduced to the UK in 2004 and quickly became one of the most common species of ladybird. The Harlequin Ladybird larvae can be identified by the 4 orange spikes in the central lower half of the body. The Harlequin Ladybird is problematic, as it predates on native ladybirds.
