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Melancholy thistle, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) taken on The Dava Way path, Grantown-on-Spey by David Palmar. This flower gets is name because historically it was used to treat depression.
20 July 2020
Melancholy Thistle, Dunvegan, Skye
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CEP - Skye
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) gets its name from its past use, when it was used to prevent 'melancholia' (depression). Can be distinguished from other thistles by its single flower head and lack of spines. Found mainly in upland pastures. This photo was taken in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
17 July 1965
Ringlet butterfly, Spey Bay
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Spey Bay
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) butterfly on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) at Spey Bay. The Ringlet is a small brown butterfly with a white fringe to the wing edges, getting its name from the small circles on the underside of its wings. Photo taken by David Palmar
26 July 2023
Grasshopper on Marsh Thistle
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Loch Garten
Remains of a Grasshopper apparently impaled on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Loch Garten, RSPB Abernethy, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Grasshopper on Marsh Thistle
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Loch Garten
Remains of a Grasshopper apparently impaled on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Loch Garten, RSPB Abernethy, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Creeping Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense), a plant in the family Asteraceae, In Compartment 32 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Spear Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), a plant in the family Asteraceae, in Compartment 34 in RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Marsh Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) is a common perennial herb that has purple flowers (occasionally white) which grows up to a height of1.2 metres. It flowers from June to September. It is found typically in wetland habitats such as bogs, fens and marshes. It is in Compartment 27, RSPB Loch Lomond.
07 June 2023
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene), Compartment 27, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar. Here is an ID tip if you can only see the upperwing of a fritillary. With a bit of imagination, you should see a black pattern of markings on the leading edge of the left upper forewing, resembling 730, which is a characteristic of both Pearl and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. That distinguishes them from the Dark Green Fritillary, which has a dfifferent pattern in the same place resembling 1338. Depending on your view of the butterfly, you may need to look upside-down to see these patterns.
07 June 2023
Spear Thistle, Basildon Park
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), photographed in late summer in Basildon Park, Berkshire by David Palmar. This tall, biannual thistle can be found on both disturbed and cultivated ground, growing to heights of around 30cm. By this time of the year, the flowers have gone over and developed into downy seed-heads to aid wind dispersal of the seeds.