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Gorse on Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire.
18 March 2024
Gorse on Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on Great Cumbrae, North Ayrshire.
18 March 2024
Barnacle Geese, Mersehead RSPB Reserve
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Mersehead
Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) feeding on Mersehead RSPB Reserve, taken by David Palmar
26 March 2023
Cinnabar Moth, Ardeer, North Ayrshire
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Ardeer
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) sitting on a dead Gorse (Ulex europaeus) bush, Ardeer, North Ayrshire, taken by David Palmar
13 June 2021
Open Hawthorn scrub, ideal breeding habitat for warblers, Ardeer, Ayrshire
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Ardeer
Open Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) scrub, with Gorse (Ulex europaeus) and Broom (Genisteae), Ardeer, North Ayrshire, ideal breeding habitat for Lesser Whitethroat and other warblers, taken by David Palmar
13 June 2021
Gorse, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Gorse (Ulex europaeus), a prickly member of the Pea family (Fabaceae), Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. The prickles help to distinguish it from Broom.
25 April 2020
Gorse, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. The stems of Gorse are spiky, a good way to distinguish it from Broom.
11 April 2020
Common seals, Loch Fleet
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Dornoch and Loch Fleet
Common seals (Phoca vitulina), Loch Fleet. Loch Fleet is a National Nature Reserve, an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve. In the background is a line of yellow Gorse bushes (Ulex europaeus).
19 May 2011
Firth of Clyde, Cumbrae and Arran from the Haylie Brae
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Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Firth of Clyde from the Haylie Brae above Largs, looking across Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae towards the mountains of Arran. In the left foreground is a Gorse (Ulex europaeus) bush and on the right is a stand of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris).
08 June 2003
Peacock butterfly, Falls of Clyde
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Falls of Clyde
Peacock (Aglais io) with wings closed on Gorse (Ulex europaeus) at Falls of Clyde. In comparison to its brightly coloured upper wings, the underwings of this butterfly are dark to help it camouflage while resting.