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Blackbird on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackbird (Turdus merula) female eating a Rose hip, Glasgow. Many Blackbirds are resident, but in winter their numbers are swelled by visitors from their breeding grounds in the north, such as Scandinavia.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on Rose hips, which were slightly too big for them to swallow whole, so they preferred smaller Berberis and Cotoneaster berries, Glasgow. Its crop is bulging with berries, which they gobble at an astounding rate of several every minute.
11 December 2012
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
Sloe berries, the fruit of the Blackthorn, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sloe berries, the fruit of the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Note the large spiky thorns which distinguish this plant from Hawthorn.
17 September 2020
Guelder rose leaves and berries, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) leaves and berries, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Sloe berries, the fruit of the Blackthorn, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sloe berries, the fruit of the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Note the large spiky thorns which distinguish this plant from Hawthorn.
17 September 2020
Guelder rose bush, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) bush, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Honeysuckle berries, Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp) berries. Poisonous to humans, the berries are often eaten by birds such as thrushes, warblers and finches. They grow in clusters and ripen in the autumn. This photo was taken at RSPB Scotland Lochwinnoch.
05 August 2018
Juniper berries in Abernethy Forest
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Berries on a healthy Juniper (Juniperus communis) bush in Abernethy Forest near Nethybridge, where a minority of the Juniper plants are dying, possibly infected with the fungal disease Phytophthora sp.
28 January 2019
Berries on a dying Juniper in Abernethy Forest
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Berries on a dying Juniper (Juniperus communis) in Abernethy Forest near Nethybridge, possibly infected with the fungal disease Phytophthora sp.
