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Gravel covered island, RSPB Skinflats
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Falkirk - Skinflats
New gravel covered island in a tidal pool at RSPB Skinflats. It is hoped that Avocets will nest there in future.
14 December 2018
Gravel covered island, RSPB Skinflats
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Falkirk - Skinflats
New gravel covered island in a tidal pool at RSPB Skinflats. It is hoped that Avocets will nest there in future.
14 December 2018
Tidal pool at Skinflats RSPB Nature Reserve
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Falkirk - Skinflats
A tidal pool at Skinflats RSPB Nature Reserve, part of the Skinflats Tidal Exchange Project (Step Forth) which forms a feeding ground for waders and ducks at high tide, and is part of an attempt by the RSPB to form a new salt marsh behind the old sea wall, to create a feeding ground for birds and alleviate flooding locally.
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) standing at the edge of a marsh, at RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries and Galloway, taken by David Palmar
26 March 2023
Pied Wagtail, RSPB Mersehead
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Dumfriesshire - Mersehead
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) eating an insect at the edge of a marsh, at RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries and Galloway, taken by David Palmar
26 March 2023
Wader scrape, RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
The view from the tower at RSPB Lochwinnoch showing the new scrapes to benefit waders and water fowl, December 2021, taken by David Palmar
12 December 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. In the background is an observation tower which gives good views over the bog.
