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Marmalade Hoverflies on Fox-and-cubs
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East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Marmalade Hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) drinking nectar from Fox-and-Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca). This is our most common hoverfly. They are on the wing throughout the year but can be seen in large numbers like this in the summer. Fox and Cubs, Orange Hawkbit or Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca or the synonym Hieracium aurantiacum) is aggregated under Hawkweeds and / or Hawkbits in the genus Pilosella, or alternatively Hieracium agg. The botanical classification seems complicated at the very least! Picture taken by Sarah Longrigg in Milngavie.
02 March 2020
Fox and Cubs or Orange Hawkbit
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Fox and Cubs or Orange Hawkbit (Pilosella aurantiaca). This plant has become naturalised in Britain since the 17th century and makes for a tenacious weed in many gardens. This photo was taken in Bo'mains Meadow SWT Reserve, Bo'ness.
30 June 2015
Red Fox asleep beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) curled up beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Red foxes do quite well in the city, where it is warmer than the countryside, and where food is in reasonable supply, either from bins, from children throwing away their excess food, or from more conventional sources, such as rodents.
12 January 2021
Red fox, Maryhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), one of several which live beside the Forth and Clyde Canal , taken in Maryhill by David Palmar. This looks like a healthy example of a fox, which must be making a good living in the city with its supplies of food thrown out by people.
01 January 2021
Common Fox Spider, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Common Fox Spider (Alopecosa pulverulenta) at Wester Moss, Fallin. It is incredibly well camouflaged against the background of dead vegetation. The spider is found in many open habitats, including heathland, grasslands, moorland, dunes and old quarries and pits. This species is of the family Lycosidae, the Wolf spiders.
13 September 2016
Common Fox Spider, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Common fox spider (Alopecosa pulverulenta) at Wester Moss, Fallin. The spider is found in many open habitats, including heathland, grasslands, moorland, dunes and old quarries and pits. This species is of the family Lycosidae, the Wolf spiders.
13 September 2016
Red foxes, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Botanic Gardens, Hillhead, Kelvinbridge and Kelvingrove
Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) asleep in a back garden, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, taken by Rita Basto.
18 April 2020
Female Kingfisher and Red fox, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
A female Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) being watched by a Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow. A female Kingfisher can be distinguished by the orange colouring on the part of the lower bill nearerst to the head. The male's bill is all black.
23 February 2020
Red Fox, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
An urban Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow.
23 February 2020
Red Fox, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
An urban Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow.
