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Conservation Headland, Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Conservation Headland, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. An area along the edge of an arable field is left unploughed to allow the growth of grasses and meadow flowers, which encourage pollinating insects and the birds which feed on them, thus improving the biodiversity.
30 August 2020
Female Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Black female Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), taken by Rebecca Dickson in Glasgow. Here, this female is about to be weighed using a Pringles tube before being put safely back into a holding cage, prior to release as part of a translocation project. "Fossorial" water voles (which live in terrestrial habitat away from water) can be either brown or black in colour.
26 September 2020
Male Water vole in release cage, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Brown male Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), during a translocation project in Glasgow, to save them from being threatened by development. The cage seen here is called a "soft-release cage"; they have no bottom so the voles are encouraged to dig their way out. During this project, hand-trowels were used to dig a small starting tunnel which greatly reduced the time it took for them to burrow away into their new habitat. Picture taken by Rebecca Dickson.
16 September 2020
Male Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Brown male Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), taken by Rebecca Dickson in Glasgow. This photo was taken during a trapping and translocation project where the voles were moved to safer, suitable habitat. After being trapped, the voles were then transferred into buckets to allow information such as sex and weight to be recorded.
16 September 2020
Common Carder Bumblebee on Comfrey
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Midlothian
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on Comfrey (Symphytum sp), Common Carders are ginger with black hairs on the abdomen. They have a long tongue that allows them to feed on plants with long tubular florets. This photo was taken TWIC (The Wildlife Information Centre) and Bumblebee Conservation Trust Bumblebee ID Workshop, Vogrie Country Park. The pollen basket can be clearly seen.
05 July 2016
Garden Bumblebee on Comfrey
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Midlothian
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) on Comfrey (Symphytum sp). As its name suggests, this bumblebee is often found in gardens. It has a yellow-black-yellow pattern on the thorax and a white tail. This photo was taken at TWIC (The Wildlife Information Centre) and Bumblebee Conservation Trust Bumblebee ID Workshop, Vogrie Country Park.
05 July 2016
Buff tailed bumblebee on Comfrey
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Midlothian
Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on Comfrey (Symphytum sp). Buff-tailed bumblebees are the UK's largest bee and are so called due to the queen's buff coloured tail. Worker bees have a white tail with a small buff line before the abdomen. This photo was taken at TWIC (The Wildlife Information Centre) and Bumblebee Conservation Trust Bumblebee ID Workshop, Vogrie Country Park.
05 July 2016
Molendinar cleanup inspection party, Glasgow about 1966
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
Molendinar cleanup inspection party including Robin McSkimming and John Cable (teachers at Glasgow High School) , Jim Carson (Geography Adviser), David Lees (Rector) and notable Glasgow residents about 1966. In the background can be seen the Glasgow Necropolis, and parts of Glasgow Cathedral and the Royal Infirmary.
19 July 2007
Glasgow High School Molendinar cleanup
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
Pupils and staff from the High School of Glasgow cleaning up the small section of the Molendinar River which was visible about 1966, in the area of Tennant's Wellpark Brewery
19 July 2007
Glasgow High School Molendinar cleanup
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
Pupils and staff from the High School of Glasgow cleaning up the small section of the Molendinar River which was visible about 1966, in the area of Tennant's Wellpark Brewery