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Sea Campion at Coulport, Loch Long
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima), a perennial plant with white petals growing from a pink veined sepal tube. Coulport, Loch Long, Clyde. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1980.
25 May 1980
Sea plantain, Unst
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CEP - Shetland
Sea plantain (Plantago maritima); salt tolerant and maritime plant, Burrafirth, Unst. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
25 June 1977
Shag colony, Fidra
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) colony, Fidra, showing how Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) grows in large patches on the island. In the background is Fife.
22 March 2016
Danish Scurvy Grass
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Danish Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia danica). Despite its name this is a native plant. Originally coastal, but has spread inland along roadsides due to road-gritting. This photo was taken on Fidra, in the Firth of Forth.
22 March 2016
Marsh marigolds
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris), Falls of Clyde
24 April 2016
Cutting Tree Mallow, Fidra
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Cutting Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) on Fidra so that Puffins and other seabirds have enough room to get to their burrows or to nest on the ground. This volunteer is getting enthusiastic - it is good fun volunteering for the RSPB!
22 March 2016
Marsh Marigolds, Strachur, Argyll and Bute
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CEP - Argyllshire
Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris) in Strachur, Argyll and Bute. A plant in the family Ranunculaceae. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
15 February 2017
Marsh Thistle, Kirbuster, Stronsay
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Orkney - Stronsay
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) at Kirbuster, Stronsay, Orkney. The spiny stem distinguishes this plant from the otherwise similar Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense).
08 July 2019
Northern Marsh Orchid, Tankerness, Orkney
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Orkney - Deerness and Tankerness
Northern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella), Tankerness, Orkney, probably a hybrid as it has spotted leaves and orchids often hybridise.
07 July 2019
Marsh fritillary, Knapdale
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CEP - Knapdale
Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) butterfly on Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Danna, Knapdale. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar on June 22, 1985
