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Hooded Crow, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. Unlike Carrion Crow Corvus corone, Hooded Crow are typically more sociable and will forage in small groups. Both species can interbreed which results in hybrid birds with varying plumages between a grey and black body.
01 May 2022
The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond, Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
The Atlantic oak woods of east Loch Lomond on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar.
01 May 2022
Male Redstart, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) on an SOC Clyde outing to RSPB Inversnaid, taken by David Palmar. This species starts breeding in May, and will typically have 1-2 clutches of eggs. Each clutch can contain up to 6-7 eggs in total.
01 May 2022
Oak Moss lichen, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Oak Moss (Evernia prunasti) lichen at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. A lichen is a combination of an alga and a fungus.
20 November 2021
Pedunculate Oak, Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
English (or Pedunculate) oak (Quercus robur), pictured in Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. This oak can be easily distinguished from the sessile oak because of the long acorn stalk (peduncle).
30 August 2020
Scalloped Oak Moth, Kelvindale.
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Scalloped Oak Moth (Crocallis elinguaria) trapped in a Kelvindale garden, taken by David Palmar. During their larval stage they feed on a variety of broadleaved trees. These include Common Oak (Quercus robur), Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna).
16 August 2020
Sessile oaks, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oaks (Quercus petraea) at an early stage of growth, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Sessile oak leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Sessile oak leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) leaves with oak galls, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
17 September 2020
Sessile oak leaves and acorns, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
Sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat, showing acorns without a stem sitting (sessile) directly on the branch.
