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Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil
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Nottinghamshire
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus), taken by David Palmar. This plant flowers in June and July.
08 September 2023
Common Bird's Foot Trefoil, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a plant in the family Fabaceae. Common Bird's Foot Trefoil can be distinguished from Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) as Common Bird's Foot Trefoil is taller and its flowers appear in clusters of 2 to 7. Common Bird's Foot Trefoil's flower petals will often range from yellow to red at the tips, whereas Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil will remain purely yellow. In Compartment 30 located near the Airey Woodland Trail, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil, Cashel
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Loch Lomond East
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) at Cashel, East Loch Lomond. Sharing many of the features of Common Bird's Foot Trefoil, this plant differs in having darker foliage and a stouter, hollow stem.
17 August 2019
Greater bird's foot trefoil, Cashel
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Loch Lomond East
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) at Cashel, East Loch Lomond. Sharing many of the features of Common Bird's Foot Trefoil, this plant differs in having darker foliage and a stouter, hollow stem.
17 August 2019
Fulmar, Foula
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Foula
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on its cliff nest in Ham Voe, Foula, with Red campion (Silene dioica) on the cliff below, and the yellow flowers of Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) both above and below. The Fulmar lays a single egg which both sexes incubate for around 53 days.
28 June 2014
Moss carder bumblebee on Bird's Foot Trefoil, North Uist
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Balranald and western North Uist
Moss carder bumblebee (Bombus muscorum) on Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Balranald, North Uist. More frequent in the north and west of Scotland, this bee can be found in flower-rich habitats. The abdomen is usually paler than the thorax, appearing almost blonde in some individuals, while the thorax is often a deep ginger colour, darker than the Common Carder.
29 May 2017
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on Butterfly Conservation Scotland's nature reserve at Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on Butterfly Conservation Scotland's nature reserve at Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly on Bird's Foot Trefoil near Grantown -on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly showing its underwing on Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) near Grantown -on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2023
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Cochno
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Cochno, taken by David Palmar