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Moss Carder Bumblebee on Kidney Vetch
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Barra (Barraigh)
A Moss Carder Bumble Bee (Bombus muscorum), on Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), a favourite nectar plant in the Pea family. The Moss Carder Bee has a dark ginger thorax which distinguishes it from other carder bees.
01 July 2010
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Barra
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Barra (Barraigh)
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), growing in Barra on Lewisian Gneiss, a metamorphic rock of which much of the geology of north-west Scotland is based.
26 June 2010
68-0075 Nest of Arctic tern, Eoligarry, Barra
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CEP - Barra
Nest of an Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), Eoligarry, Barra, scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1968
11 July 1968
68-0072 Nest of Little tern, Eoligarry, Barra
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CEP - Barra
Nest of a Little tern (Sternula albifrons), Eoligarry, Barra, scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1968.
11 July 1968
Red-Throated Diver, Barra, Barraigh
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Barra (Barraigh)
Red-Throated Diver, Barra, Barraigh
30 June 2010
Setting off for Mingulay in the Boy James from Castlebay, Barra
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Barra (Barraigh)
Setting off for Mingulay in the Boy James from Castlebay, Barra
30 June 2010
setting off in the Boy James from Castlebay, Barra
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Barra (Barraigh)
Setting off for Mingulay in the Boy James from Castlebay, Barra
30 June 2010
Castlebay, Bagh a' Chaisteil, Barra, Barraigh
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Barra (Barraigh)
CalMac ferry MV Hebridean Isles, on temporary duty replacing the normal service of the broken down MV Clansman in June-July 2010, leaving Castlebay.
29 June 2010
Stonecrop on Vatersay, Bhatarsaigh, Barra, Barraigh
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Barra (Barraigh)
English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) on Vatersay, Bhatarsaigh, Barra, Barraigh.
27 June 2010
low-growing Juniper on Vatersay, Bhatarsaigh, Barra, Barraigh
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Barra (Barraigh)
Low-growing Juniper on Vatersay, Bhatarsaigh, Barra, Barraigh, where the height of the plant is restricted by the strong winds.