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After Bracken pulling at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB staff and volunteers pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture shows the dramatic effect of RSPB staff and volunteer effort on an area formerly covered in Bracken.
10 June 2016
During Bracken pulling at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB warden Fraser Lamont pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture showns the process of Bracken pulling in action. Midge head nets are a necessity for this activity. You can see midges against Fraser's jacket!
10 June 2016
During Bracken pulling at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB staff and volunteers pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture showns the process of Bracken pulling in action. Midge head nets essential!
10 June 2016
Before the Bracken pulling began in earnest at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB staff and volunteers pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture shows the "before" scenario, with Bracken covering much of the area, stifling the growth of tree seedlings.
10 June 2016
Before the Bracken pulling began in earnest at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB staff and volunteers pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture shows the "before" scenario, with Bracken covering much of the area, stifling the growth of tree seedlings.
10 June 2016
Area of bracken pulling, Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
An area of RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond where RSPB staff and volunteers pulled up the Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) in 2015, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken has regrown in the foreground, and will be pulled again later in 2016. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. In the background, higher Bracken still exists in an area where it has not been pulled.
10 June 2016
Chequered Skipper on Bracken, Glasdrum
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Argyllshire - Glasdrum
Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterfly on Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) in Glasdrum National Nature Reserve, Appin, Argyllshire, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2023
Pale Variant Speckled Yellow, Glasdrum
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Argyllshire - Glasdrum
Speckled Yellow (Pseudopanthera macularia) (pale variant), taken by David Palmar. This moth can most commonly be seen in May and June.
26 May 2023
Lime Hill Rough, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Bracken and scrub habitat on Lime Hill Rough - compartment 16, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar. This was taken on a survey for Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene), which often uses Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) to rest on.
07 June 2023
Bracken and mixed woodland, Tom Soilleir, Cashel
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
The hill of Tom Soilleir, with a mixed vegetation of Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), evergreen conifers, Larch (Larix decidua), Silver Birch (Betula pendula) and Willow (Salix sp) taken by David Palmar at Cashel Native Forest, East Loch Lomond
