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Burnet rose, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Predominantly found in coastal habitats, the flowers of the Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia or R. spinosissima) can be seen from May until September. The flowers are typically white, with some displaying flashes of pink. The stem of the Burnet Rose is covered in lots of small spines, which is undoubtedly where it got the specific part if its Latin name, spinosissima, meaning ‘having many spines’. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose hips, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima or R. pimipnellifolia) is a deciduous shrub forming dense patches on sand dunes, sandy heaths and further inland in limestone soils, around the coast of Scotland and the Inner Hebrides, but not seen on the Outer Hebrides or Northern Isles. The Latin name spinosissima, means ‘having many spines’. The fruit is a black hip, which is another way easily to identify this rose – all other hips are red. These hips produce a dye which when mixed with alum becomes a deep purple shade traditionally used in the making of tartan cloth. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia), a prickly member of Rosaceae, the rose family, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
02 June 2020
Blackbird on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackbird (Turdus merula) female eating a Rose hip, Glasgow. Many Blackbirds are resident, but in winter their numbers are swelled by visitors from their breeding grounds in the north, such as Scandinavia.
11 December 2012
Waxwing on Rose hips
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) on Rose hips, which were slightly too big for them to swallow whole, so they preferred smaller Berberis and Cotoneaster berries, Glasgow. Its crop is bulging with berries, which they gobble at an astounding rate of several every minute.
11 December 2012
6-Spot Burnet Moth, at Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae), at Spey Bay. The caterpillars feed mainly on bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
26 July 2024
6-Spot Burnet Moth, Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae), at Spey Bay. It can be found in the following habitats: grasslands, coastal edges, woodland rides, roadside verges and sand dunes.
26 July 2024
Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet Moths mating, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Narrow-bordered 5 spot Burnet moths (Zygaena lonicerae) mating on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
13 July 2024
Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet Moth pupa, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
