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Ringlet butterfly, Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) butterfly on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) at Spey Bay. The Ringlet is a small brown butterfly with a white fringe to the wing edges, getting its name from the small circles on the underside of its wings. Photo taken by David Palmar
26 July 2023
Spear Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), a plant in the family Asteraceae, in Compartment 34 in RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Spear Thistle, Basildon Park
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), photographed in late summer in Basildon Park, Berkshire by David Palmar. This tall, biannual thistle can be found on both disturbed and cultivated ground, growing to heights of around 30cm. By this time of the year, the flowers have gone over and developed into downy seed-heads to aid wind dispersal of the seeds.
31 August 2020
Spear Thistle, Munsary, Caithness
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Caithness - Munsary Peatlands Plantlife Reserve
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), is a commonly seen plant in Scotland, particularly on road verges between July and October. This one was photographed at Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness
16 July 2017
Buff-tailed Bumblebee on Spear Thistle
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Stirling
The flower of the Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) is an important source of nectar for a variety of insects such as this Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Seen at Balallan House, Stirling.
06 July 2016
Spear Thistle at RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
The iconic appearance of the Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), with a ball of spines below the purple flower head, is likely to have inspired the Scottish national emblem. This one was seen at RSPB Loch Lomond.
17 July 2016
Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Possibly a Double-fringed Azelia (Azelia nebulosa) on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), from the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), in the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Common Blue Sow-thistle, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Common Blue Sow-thistle (Sochus macrophylla), in the family Asteraceae, at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey
