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Scorpion Fly, RSPB Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Female Scorpion-fly
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Aberfoyle
Female Scorpion-fly (Panorpa sp), Aberfoyle
18 June 2016
Whitethroat, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), a summer visiting and breeding warbler on Great Cumbrae.
06 June 2009
Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Golden Dung Fly on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Fly Orchid, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera), Warburg BBOWT nature reserve, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. Its flowers mimic an insect, to attract pollinators, in fact certain wasps, to pollinate it. BBOWT is the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Warburg is one of their more varied and interesting reserves.
13 May 2023
Whitethroat singing, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Whitethroat (Curruca communis) singing at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
12 May 2023
Whitethroat singing, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Whitethroat (Curruca communis) singing at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
12 May 2023
Juniper with dieback, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Juniper (Juniperus communis), taken by David Palmar on the Juniper Walk at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire. The plant is clearly suffering from a form of dieback, probably a species of Phytophthora, a fungus-like disease in the soil, which is spreading in Larch and Rhododendron amongst other plants.
24 June 2023
Juniper berries, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Juniper (Juniperus communis) berries, (mofied seed cones), taken by David Palmar on the Juniper Walk at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire
24 June 2023
Juniper, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Juniper (Juniperus communis), taken by David Palmar on the Juniper Walk at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire