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Sabre Wasp, Drymen
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Stirlingshire
Female Sabre Wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria), also known as the Giant Ichneumon, searching with her antennae for Wood Wasp larvae inside the wood, into which she will lay her eggs with her long ovipositor. Taken by Sarah Longrigg at Garadhban car park, Drymen.
27 June 2019
Cairngorm car park and mountain railway
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
Cairngorm car park and mountain railway, showing pressure on the landscape caused by lots of visitors in winter.
11 February 2008
Loch Morlich and Cairngorm car park
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
Loch Morlich and the Cairngorm car park, showing pressure on the landscape generated by lots of visitors in winter.
11 February 2008
Tansy, Boat of Garten
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is an aromatic plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, which can be found on rough grasslands, riverbanks and roadside verges. It has fern-like foliage and yellow flower heads that appear in clusters from July to October. Photo taken by David Palmar in the car park of the Strathspey Railway.
23 July 2023
Tansy, Boat of Garten
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is an aromatic plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, which can be found on rough grasslands, riverbanks and roadside verges. It has fern-like foliage and yellow flower heads that appear in clusters from July to October. Photo taken by David Palmar in the car park of the Strathspey Railway.
23 July 2023
Alder and coppiced Alder with tree guard, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Alder (Alnus glutinosa) trees, with a tree guard protecting a coppiced Alder from deer grazing, constructed by Nature Scot staff and conservation volunteers, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve
20 October 2021
CalMac ferry Loch Alainn at Eriskay ferry slip
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Western Isles - South Uist
CalMac ferry Loch Alainn at Eriskay ferry slip with camper vans, chemical waste disposal point and car park
02 July 2010
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.