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Common Vetch, Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), in the family Fabaceae, at Tulloch Moor, near Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Common Vetch at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
05 June 2022
Common Vetch, Castlemilk Park
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Glasgow - Castlemilk Park
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in Castlemilk Park, taken by David Palmar
14 May 2022
Common Vetch, Milton, Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Also known as 'poor man's peas' Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) is the one edible vetch which can be found in the landscape. Harvested peas should be washed and cooked as they have mildly toxic properties when raw, and harvested young as toxins build up as the peas become older. Common Vetch is able to make its own nitrates which enables it to be used as a soil-fertiliser too. Its pink flowers appear between May and September. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
6-Spot Burnet Moth on Common Vetch, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Common Vetch, Bothwell Castle
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South Lanarkshire - Bothwell
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in flower, Bothwell Castle grounds, South Lanarkshire. This plant is a member of the pea family (legumes), meaning it is able to fix nitrogen from the air. It grows well in grassland, farmland and roadside verges.
16 May 2017
White-tailed Bumblebee on Common Vetch, Sutherland
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Sutherland - Bettyhill
White- tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) on Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), Farr Glebe, Bettyhill, Sutherland. The short tongue of this species mean that they prefer feeding on more open flowers.
Wild flower meadow, Farr Glebe, Bettyhill, Sutherland, with amongst other plants Common or Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis), Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) and Common Vetch (Vicia sativa). This area was planted to enhance the habitat for bees and other pollinators.
19 July 2017
Common Carder Bumblebee on Tufted Vetch
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on a Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) growing on a flower meadow at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, an IFLI-funded project in which Buglife staff and volunteers manage the site.
05 July 2017
Common Carder Bumblebee on Tufted Vetch
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on a Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) growing on a flower meadow at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, an IFLI-funded project in which Buglife staff and volunteers manage the site.
