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Hare’s-tail Cottongrass, Cruach Tairbeirt
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Cruach Tairbeirt, with Ben Lomond in the background, taken by Sarah Longrigg. Cottongrass is actually a Sedge, not a grass. This species has a single flowering head like a Hare's tail. This distinguishes it from Common cottongrass which has multiple flowering heads.
25 June 2013
Volunteer cutting invasive Tree Mallow on Fidra, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Shona Jessiman cutting invasive Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) on Castle Tarbet, Fidra, Firth of Forth, with Craigleith and the Lamb in the background.
24 January 2020
Volunteer cutting invasive Tree Mallow on Fidra, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Emily Burton, Volunteer Coordinator at the Scottish Seabird Centre, cutting invasive Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) on Castle Tarbet, Fidra, Firth of Forth. In the background is a group of Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), and above them, the island of Craigleith.
24 January 2020
The cliffs of Castle Tarbet, Fidra, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
The cliffs of Castle Tarbet, Fidra, Firth of Forth, with Craigleith in the background
24 January 2020
Shags on a rock, Fidra, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
A group of Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on a rock off Castle Tarbet, Fidra, Firth of Forth
24 January 2020
Male Siskin in the hand, Tarbet
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
A male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) being held in the hand prior to release after being ringed at Tarbet (Argyll and Bute). Bird ringing is very important to study birds and keep track of their survival, productivity and movements. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
02 April 2005
A female Siskin ringed in Tarbet
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
A female Siskin (Carduelis spinus) being ringed in Tarbet (Argyll and Bute). Bird ringing is very important to study birds and keep track of their survival, productivity and movements. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
02 April 2005
A male Chaffinch being ringed in Tarbet
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
A male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) being ringed in Tarbet (Argyll and Bute). Bird ringing is very important to study birds and keep track on their survival, productivity and movements as an aid to their conservation.
02 April 2005
Castle Tarbet, Fidra, and North Berwick Law
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Castle Tarbet on Fidra, with North Berwick Law behind and a herring gull colony in the foreground.
