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Marram Grass, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Aberdeenshire - St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria), a salt-tolerant sand-dune forming plant in the grass family Poaceae, at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2021
Marram Grass growing on sand dunes at Hùisnis, North Harris
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Western Isles - North Harris (Ceann a Tuath na Hearadh)
Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria) growing on sand dunes at Hùisnis, North Harris. Marram Grass helps to bind the sand together with its rhizomes, and prevent coastal erosion. It also stabilises the ground to allow other plants to colonise in a succession behind the dunes.
28 June 2011
Sand dunes, Ythan mouth
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Aberdeenshire - Ythan estuary
The sand dunes at the mouth of the Ythan, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, with Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the distance.
23 March 2014
Shell beach and sand dunes, Traigh Sgurabhal, Eoligarry, Barra
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Western Isles - Barra
Shell beach and sand dunes, Traigh Sgurabhal, Eoligarry
26 June 2010
Turnstone, Musselburgh
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Musselburgh and Prestonpans
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Musselburgh. It really does turn stones, living up to its name to find invertebrates under the stones.
10 October 2012
Brent Geese, Loch Ryan
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Galloway - Loch Ryan
Pale-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) eating Eel grass (Zostera sp, probably Zostera marina), Loch Ryan
21 February 2009
Wavy Hair Grass near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Grass snake, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Grass snake (Natrix natrix) hunting in a pond at Warburg, a Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) nature reserve
20 April 2019
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis from Blàr an Lochan, Loch Lochy
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Fort William and Lochaber
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis with in th foreground the raised bog of Blàr an Lochan with its flora of Cotton Grass, near Clunes, Loch Lochy, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Wavy Hair Grass, Newtonmore
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, taken by David Palmar
