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A nest with a plastic bag on top of it, Malls Mire Local Nature Reserve
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
A nest with a plastic bag on top of it, either blown there by the wind, or brought there by a bird, possibly a Magpie or other large corvid, at Malls Mire Local Nature Reserve, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
11 March 2023
Shag nest in wartime building, Inchmickery
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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
Nest of Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the gun ports of a wartime building on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar. There is plastic netting incorporated into the nests, in which birds may become tangled or eat and perish.
07 November 2022
Common Blue Damselfly on a plastic ball, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) on a plastic ball floating in the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow
14 June 2020
Tree planting near Argaty, Stirlingshire
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Stirlingshire
Tree planting near Argaty Red Kites. Tree planting is good for the environment as trees absorb carbon from the atmosphere. Plastic tree protection tubes are now used as little as possible, where there is a threat of deer or rabbit browsing damaging the trees. Forest and Land Scotland now prefer fencing to tree tubes, but where they have to be used, recyclable tree tubes with less plastic are now being used.
20 November 2004
Gannet with fishing net in beak, Troup Head
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Troup Head, Aberdeenshire
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with fishing net in its beak. Fishing line and net discarded or washed overboard from fishing boats is a significant hazard to Gannets which don't distinguish it from natural nesting materials. The bird tried to remove it by waving its head about for at least 6 minutes.
05 July 2008
Gannet with fishing net in beak, Troup Head
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Troup Head, Aberdeenshire
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with fishing net in its beak. Fishing line and net discarded or washed overboard from fishing boats is a significant hazard to Gannets which don't distinguish it from natural nesting materials. The bird tried to remove it by waving its head about for at least 6 minutes.
05 July 2008
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad building a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, inserting a plastic piling section to form a dam to keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, preparing to insert a 4 metre long plastic piling section into the peat, to dam back water in the bog and keep it wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
