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Five Sisters Bing, West Lothian
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West Lothian
The FIve Sisters Bing, also known as the Westwood Bing is located near West Calder in West Lothian. Bings were used between 1851 and 1963 to discard remnants of shale. Unlike other bings, the FIve Sisters Bing was built by machines, reducing manual labour greatly. Shale was brought to the centre of the bings by a conveyor belt, where it was transferred into large trucks on rails. The rails would lead up to the top of the bing where the shale would be disposed of over the other side. The outer two bings were formed at the beginning of WWII, and then in the early 50s the rails were removed and tipping occurred between the two bings, forming the inner three. The Five Sisters Bing supports more vegetation than most other bings (thought to be due to the shale being more finely graded). Taken by David Palmar.
15 July 2023
Grasshopper, Fallin bing
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Grasshopper, Fallin bing, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Grasshopper, Fallin bing
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Grasshopper, Fallin bing, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Viper's bugloss, Fallin bing
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), is so called as the red stamens resemble the forked tongue of a snake. This one was photographed at Fallin bing, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Removing an old slag bing at Kilwinning
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
Removing an old slag bing at Kilwinning for use to infill the ground for the Hunterston iron ore terminal in 1974. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Common Knapweed_1
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Common or Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), a good nectar plant for bees and butterflies, at Fallin Bing, Stirlingshire, on the site of the former Polmaise Colliery.
22 August 2016
Fly on creeping thistle
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Fly (Diptera) on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), taken on a plant walk with the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative in Fallin, Stirling.
27 July 2016
Common Centaury
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) taken on a plant walk with the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative in Fallin, Stirling. Found in a range of habitats, though scarcer in Scotland, this wildflower comes into bloom in June. Flowers are small, pink, five-petalled, and arranged in clusters.
27 July 2016
Soldier beetles mating
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).Tthey will spend much of their brief summer lives doing this. Adults feed on pollen and nectar as well as on aphids. This photo was taken on a plant walk with the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative in Fallin, Stirling.
27 July 2016
Male meadow brown on knapweed
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Male Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterfly on knapweed (Centaurea nigra), taken on a plant walk with the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative in Fallin, Stirling.
