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Sessile oak leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Sessile oak leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Hooded Crow, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. Unlike Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Hooded Crow are typically more sociable and will forage in small groups. Both species can interbreed which results in hybrid birds with varying plumages between a grey and black body.
01 May 2022
The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond, Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar.
01 May 2022
Male Redstart, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. This species starts breeding in May, and will typically have 1-2 clutches of eggs. Each clutch can contain up to 6-7 eggs in total.
01 May 2022
Robin's Pincushion gall at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Stirlingshire - Howietown and Old Sauchie
Robin's Pincushion gall (Diplolepis rosae) on a Dog Rose (Rosa canina) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
06 August 2022
Oak Moss lichen, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Oak Moss (Evernia prunasti) lichen at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. A lichen is a combination of an alga and a fungus.
20 November 2021
Sycamore Gall Mite galls, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Sycamore Gall Mite galls (possibly Aceria or Aculops sp.) on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves. Sycamore, seen here on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow, is native to Central Europe and Asia, but is an introduced species in the UK. The mite is a tiny insect which feeds on the plant tissue, causing the leaves to react by cell division, forimng the gall. By May, the mite lays eggs in the galls.
14 June 2020
Sycamore Gall Mite galls, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Sycamore Gall Mite galls (possibly Aceria or Aculops sp.) on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves. Sycamore, seen here on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow, is native to Central Europe and Asia, but is an introduced species in the UK. The mite is a tiny insect which feeds on the plant tissue, causing the leaves to react by cell division, forimng the gall. By May, the mite lays eggs in the galls.
14 June 2020
Pedunculate Oak, Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
English (or Pedunculate) oak (Quercus robur), pictured in Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. This oak can be easily distinguished from the sessile oak because of the long acorn stalk (peduncle).
