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Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, Great Cumbrae
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Construction of the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, which involves building stepped revetments onshore, and offshore rock breakwaters. Some of the offshore rocks have been joined by a new breakwater which has a narrower harbour entrance, leading to a calmer sea in Millport Bay.
22 April 2024
Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Construction of the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, which involves building stepped revetments onshore, and offshore rock breakwaters.
22 April 2024
Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Construction of the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, which involves building stepped revetments onshore, and offshore rock breakwaters.
22 April 2024
Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Construction of the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, which involves building stepped revetments onshore, and offshore rock breakwaters.
22 April 2024
Pair of Sea Mayweed, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Pair of Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum), taken by David Palmar. Sea Mayweed has medicinal properties. It has been used to treat digestive issues, respiratory problems and even skin conditions.
16 August 2023
Sea Mayweed, Millport
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Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum), taken by David Palmar. The leaflets have a shorter, succulent-like appearance than the leaflets of Scented and Scentless Mayweed.
16 August 2023
Perennial Sow-thistle, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis), taken by David Palmar.
16 August 2023
Perennial Sow-thistle, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis), taken by David Palmar. The basal leaves are pinnately lobed, each lobe contains spiny shaped teeth. The branches of this plant are densely covered in glandular hairs.
16 August 2023
Perennial Sow-thistle Patch, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Patch of Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis), taken by David Palmar. This plant is largely pollinated by insects, and the flowers will bloom from late July until early October. This photograph was taken at Kames Bay, Millport.
16 August 2023
Fairy foxglove, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Fairy foxglove (Erinus alpinus) in Millport. Popularly grown in rockeries or alpine gardens, semi-evergreen. Native to Central and Southern Europe, and also to Morocco and Algeria. Naturalised in Scotland
