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Arctic skua in flight, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph in flight, Foula. The thin tail streamer typical of Arctic skuas can be seen in this photo.
27 June 2014
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Flower heads of Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in bud, Ben Vrackie
30 April 2006
Twenty Acres, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Twenty Acres - compartment 10, RSPB Loch Lomond, looking towards the West Wards Farm and Duncryne, taken by David Palmar.
07 June 2023
Yellow Flag Iris and Duncryne, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) in Twenty Acres - compartment 10, RSPB Loch Lomond, a habitat suitable for butterflies, taken by David Palmar. In the background is Duncryne, a crag and tail landform. The crag is an old volcanic neck - probably Carboniferous - and the tail, being in the lee of the hard crag rock, has escaped as much glacial erosion by the last ice age in the region of 10,000 years ago.
07 June 2023
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.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar. Here many trees have been removed and drainage ditches blocked with peat dams, to rewet the bog and restore it so that it can sequester carbon and provide good habitat for the Large Heath butterfly.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2022
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. This is the caterpillar food plant for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
25 June 2022
Blackcock calling with tail displayed at Lek
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Male Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix, previously Tetrao tetrix) or Blackcock displaying its white tail at the lek, West Loch Lomond.
24 April 2005
Gannet in flight near Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig Gannets
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) stalling in flight after approaching a boat in the hope of food when people were throwing their sandwiches overboard to feed the gulls.
