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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
Bark stripped by Roe deer
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Light browsing probably by Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) has stripped the bark on this twig in Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond
09 March 2017
Deer-damaged shoot, Ring Wood
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
A damaged shoot, probably nibbled by Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond
09 March 2017
Honey fungus hyphae, Ring Wood, RSPB loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Honey fungus (Armillaria) or Bootlace fungus mycelium showing the hyphae in Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond
09 March 2017
Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Oaks (Quercus sp) in Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond
09 March 2017
examining a Great tit nest box, Scene, Rowardennan
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
Examining a Great tit (Parus major) nest box, Scene, Rowardennan
15 May 2011
retrieving a Great tit nest box, Scene, Rowardennan
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
Retrieving a Great tit (Parus major) nest box, Scene, Rowardennan
15 May 2011
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass and Cross-leaved Heath, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. The former is the caterpillar food plant and the latter is a nectar source for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
