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Viper's bugloss
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Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) at Fallin Bing, Stirlingshire, showing the sparsely vegetated habitat at the top of the coal bing as well as the plant.
22 August 2016
Viper's bugloss
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Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) at Fallin Bing, showing the sparsely vegetated habitat at the top of the coal bing as well as the plant.
22 August 2016
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad, Wester Moss
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Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, transporting plastic dam sections to an area where the water needs to be ponded back to keep the bog wet and in a favourable condition. Behind them is the Fallin bing, the waste heap from the former Polmaise Colliery, and behind that agin, the Ochil hills.
17 April 2016
SWT group at Fallin bing
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SWT (Scottish Wildlife Trust) group at Fallin bing, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Ochil Hills, Stirlingshire
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A wild flower meadow in Ochil Hills, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Common Centaury, Fallin bing
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Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) at Fallin Bing, Stirlingshire. 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.
11 July 2015
Small White on Marsh Thistle, Fallin bing
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Small White (Pieris rapae) butterfly sitting on a Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) at Fallin bing, Stirlingshire. This butterfly is found in a variety of habitats but particularly where brassicas such as cabbage are being grown, so it is colloquially known as a Cabbage White.
11 July 2015
Common spotted orchid, Fallin bing
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Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), Fallin bing, Stirlingshire
11 July 2015
Meadow Brown Butterfly, Fallin bing
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) are common throughout the UK and easy to spot, however many are being lost due to agricultural intensification. This one was sitting on an Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) at Fallin bing, Stirlingshire.
11 July 2015
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Stirlingshire
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Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on Fallin bing, Stirlingshire. The distinctive flowers of this plant are slipper shaped and can be seen from May.
