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Common Bluebell seed head, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) seed head with seed pods, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
13 July 2024
Broom seed pods, Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius) seed pods at Hamiltonhill Claypits, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
Nuthatch, RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) feeding on a coconut shell full of seeds, RSPB Lochwinnoch, taken by David Palmar
12 December 2021
Chickweed Wintergreen with seed head, Speyside
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Chickweed Wintergreen (Trientalis europaea), best seen in June and July. Also known as the Arctic Starflower, it grows in woodlands in the north of England and Scotland. Its common name is misleading - it is neither a chickweed nor a wintergreen, but a member of the primrose family. Here is is growing in Curr Woods, near Dulnain Bridge in Speyside. The flower is over, and the seed head remains. Notice the Primrose-like leaves.
20 July 2021
Dumgoyne and Bulrushes, Possil Marsh
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Glasgow - Possil Marsh
Dumgoyne and Reed Mace (Typha sp) or Bulrushes, Possil Marsh, showing seed heads disintegrating prior to being dispersed by the wind and by passerines.
11 April 2008
Broad-leaved Helleborine, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), Broomhill allotments, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. By late August the flowers have gone over and developed into seed pods. The broad leaves can be seen at the foot of the stalk.
22 August 2020
Hawkweed seed head, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.) seed head, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Like a dandelion clock, the seeds are borne by the wind on hairlike structures at the end of ecah seed stalk, aiding the spread of the plant.
17 September 2020
Devil's bit scabious seed head, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) seed head, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Common Ragwort, Broomhill allotments, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), Broomhill allotments, Glasgow. Once the flower has gone over, the seed heads have hair-like structures which enable the seeds to be dispersed by the wind, like in a dandelion clock.
16 August 2020
Common red soldier beetles mating, Glasgow
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South Lanarkshire
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on a grass seed head, Cuningar Loop, South Lanarkshire
