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Seaside Grimmia Moss, Yesnaby
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Orkney - Yesnaby
Seaside Grimmia Moss (Schistidium maritimum), Yesnaby. Orkney. A common moss of coastal rocks, it is unusual to see it growing on open gravelly ground but perhaps not surprising in that environment. It is normally a rather dull dark green or olive green, not the orange colour that it appeared at Yesnaby - partly an effect of the light. Information from Orkney botanist John Crossley.
16 May 2014
Seaside Grimmia Moss, Yesnaby
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Orkney - Yesnaby
Seaside Grimmia Moss (Schistidium maritimum), Yesnaby. Orkney. A common moss of coastal rocks, it is unusual to see it growing on open gravelly ground but perhaps not surprising in that environment. It is normally a rather dull dark green or olive green, not the orange colour that it appeared at Yesnaby - partly an effect of the light. Information from Orkney botanist John Crossley.
16 May 2014
Common Hawker dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Females lack the blue tail markings of the male.
20 September 2020
Common Hawker dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly egg laying, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Females lack the blue tail markings of the male.
20 September 2020
Common Hawker dragonfly in flight, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) dragonfly in flight, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Males have blue markings on their tails.
20 September 2020
Crane fly, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Crane fly (Tipula sp.), Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire
20 September 2020
Conservation volunteer with tree guard, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A conservation volunteer finishing construction of a tree guard created from coppiced Alder at the Flanders Moss car park, taken by Polly Phillpot.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Old drainage ditches, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Straight lines mark old drainage ditches, now blocked to re-wet the bog. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
