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Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
05 August 2017
Bird's Foot Trefoil, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on the machair, Balranald, North Uist. The distinctive flowers of this plant are slipper shaped and can be seen from May.
29 May 2017
Eilean Chirceboist from Caolas Phaibeil, North Uist
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Western Isles - North Uist
Eilean Chirceboist from Caolas Phaibeil, North Uist
07 July 2010
Kidney vetch, Balranald, Hougharry
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Western Isles - North Uist
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) growing at RSPB Balranald, North Uist. Kidney Vetch provides a good source of nectar for Bumblebees. Its woolly appearance and small yellow flowers make it easy to identify. Often seen on sand dunes and machair grassland in western Scotland.
06 July 2010
Hecla, Beinn Corradail and Beinn Mhor from the machair near HowBeg
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Western Isles - South Uist
Hecla, Beinn Corradail and Beinn Mhor from the machair near HowBeg, showing a machair cornfield full of yellow flowers.
02 July 2010
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
05 August 2017
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Red Clover, Balranald
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Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), Balranald RSPB nature reserve, North Uist. One of Britain's rarest bumblebees, the Great Yellow is now restricted to some Scottish islands and the very north of Scotland. It has a particular association with nectar producing plants such as Red Clover and Bird's Foot Trefoil.
04 August 2017
Yellow Rattle, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Aberdeenshire - St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor), a plant in the Broomrape family Orobanchaceae, at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, taken by David Palmar. Yellow Rattle taps into surrounding grass roots to obtain nutrients, which weakens the grass and lets other flowers grow more easily, so it's a good thing to plant if you're trying to create a wildflower meadow.
20 June 2021
Yellow Water Lily flower reflection, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Yellow Water Lily (Nuphar lutea) in flower, reflected in the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow
14 June 2020
Yellow Water Lilies in flower, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Yellow Water Lilies (Nuphar lutea) in flower in the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow
