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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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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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South Uist (Uibhist a' Deas)
CalMac ferry Loch Alainn at Eriskay ferry slip with camper vans, chemical waste disposal point and car park
02 July 2010
Cairngorm Mountain skiing area from Loch Morlich
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
Cairngorm Mountain skiing area from Loch Morlich
12 January 2008
Common gull (Larus canus), Drumpellier Country Park
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Seven Lochs and Moodiesburn
Common gull (Larus canus) at Drumpellier Loch, taken by Rebecca Dickson. Second-cycle birds are hard to differentiate from adults however, adult birds have larger white spots on the outermost primaries (see zoomed-in section above).
19 February 2022
Tufted Duck, Drumpellier Country Park
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Seven Lochs and Moodiesburn
Drake tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) in Drumpellier Country Park, taken by Rebecca Dickson. The scientific name of the tufted duck fuligula means "sooty throat"!