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Sea campion, Kirbuster, Stronsay
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Orkney - Stronsay
Sea campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima) at Kirbuster, Stronsay, Orkney, a member of the Chickweed or Pinks family (Caryophyllaceae). Found on coastlines growing on top of cliffs and on shingle. Similar in appearance to Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), but S. maritima is larger.
08 July 2019
Sea Campion at Coulport, Loch Long
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima), a perennial plant with white petals growing from a pink veined sepal tube. Coulport, Loch Long, Clyde. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1980.
25 May 1980
Sea campion, Yesnaby
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Orkney - Yesnaby
Sea campion (Silene maritima or Silene uniflora) at Yesnaby, Orkney. A member of the Chickweed or Pinks family (Caryophyllaceae). Found on coastlines growing on top of cliffs and on shingle. Similar in appearance to Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), but S. maritima is larger.
16 May 2014
Sea campion, Catacol, Arran
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Arran
Sea campion (Silene maritima) at Catacol, Arran. A member of the Chickweed or Pinks family (Caryophyllaceae). Found on coastlines growing on top of cliffs and on shingle. Similar in appearance to Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), but S. maritima is larger.
15 July 2011
Rabbit, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) sitting amongst Sea campion (Silene maritima or Silene uniflora), Isle of May
05 June 2005
Puffins on Lunga
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Mull
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on Lunga, Treshnish Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off Mull. The adult birds return to their nesting colony in late March or early April and lay a single egg in late April or early May.
24 May 2008
Bladder Campion, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), a plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, on Great Cumbrae. Can be distinguished from Sea Campion as Bladder Campion is not limited to more than one flower per stem and the petals are deeply notched.
14 June 2024
White Campion, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
White Campion (Silene latifolia), taken by David Palmar. The flower has five petals that are deeply notched.
06 August 2023
Purple Sandpipers and Turnstone on Inchmickery
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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima) and Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) roosting on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar
07 November 2022
Red Campion, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Aberdeenshire - St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
Red Campion (Silene dioica), a plant in the Chickweed or Pinks family Caryophyllaceae, at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, taken by David Palmar
