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The Jaw Reservoir, Cochno and Erskine
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
The Jaw Reservoir, Cochno, taken by David Palmar, with Erskine new town centre in the background.
08 July 2023
Blue Tit with sunflower seed in its beak, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
A Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with a sunflower heart in its beak. The bird visits a feeder for a few seconds, grabs a seed, then retreats to a bush where it can consume the seed safely. Taken by David Palmar in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. behind the bird is a hanging nest or resting hole.
30 January 2022
Male Blackcap, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a warbler which mostly migrates to Africa for the winter, but a few stay in the UK, or migrate to the UK from Scandinavia for the winter. Taken in a Glasgow garden in January by David Palmar. Despite being insectivorous in the summer, they are attracted to the garden in winter by sunflower seed and fat balls with seeds embedded in them.
30 January 2022
Newshot Island and Erskine New Town, 1987
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Newshot Island, Renfrewshire, really a peninsula now, formed when the Clyde was straightened and deepened to imrove navigation. Beyond the sheep is the original channel of the Clyde, and in the background is Erskine New Town. The date of creation is a guess but the year is correct. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
01 June 1987
Ayr Bay from Brown Carrick Hill
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CEP - Ayrshire
Ayr Bay from Brown Carrick Hill, Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
16 August 1981
Town Hall Clock or Moschatel, Cartland Craigs
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Lanarkshire
Town Hall Clock or Moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina), Cartland Craigs National Nature Reserve, South Lanarkshire. It is a native perennial, carpet-forming plant up to 15cm tall. Flowering stems are erect, with 2 opposite leaves. Leaves are arranged in threes and long-stalked. It is often found in damp, shaded woodland, banks of rivers and streams and shaded hedge banks. It flowers in spring.
23 April 2017
Town hall clock or Moschatel
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Town hall clock or Moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina), Falls of Clyde.
The four flowers forming the side of the plant each have five petals while the flower on top has four. The stamen and styles of each flower match the petal count.
24 April 2016
Town hall clock or Moschatel
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Town hall clock or Moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina), Falls of Clyde. The common name for this flower 'Town Hall Clock' refers to the appearance of its flowers which face out at 90 degrees from each other, similar to a town hall clock.
24 April 2016
Town hall clock
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Lanarkshire
Town hall clock (Adoxa moschatellina) Nethan Gorge, Lanarshire
10 May 2015
Gorse bush
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) bush by the River Carron, showing the edge of the industrial port of Grangemouth, looking towards the Firth of Forth. Gorse flowers between January and June and can provide shelter to wildlife during bad weather. Its flowers are also a good source of nectar for invertebrates.
