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Common Butterwort, Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) on Butterfly Conservation Scotland's nature reserve at Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Butterwort, Ben Lawers
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Lawers and Tarmachan
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris), Ben Lawers. Carniverous Plant that catches fies with its sticky leaves
05 July 2009
Common Butterwort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis
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Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) in flower at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. Butterwort is a carnivorous plant which has sticky leaves to catch insects. This enables it to live in nutrient-poor soild such as the peat bogs of north-western Scotland
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by David Palmar. Arran can be seen in the background.
06 August 2023
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
05 August 2017
Common Starling flock, RSPB Campfield Marsh
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Cumbria
A flock of Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying at RSPB Camplfield Marsh, Cumbria
29 February 2024
Common Ragwort, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by David Palmar. Ragwort is extremely attractive to pollinating insects such as the Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae). However, this plant can be poisinous to animals such as horses and is listed under the Weeds Act 1959 to prevent the spread of this plant on to agricultural land.
06 August 2023
Common Swift, Dell Woods
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A Common Swift Moth (Korscheltellus lupulina) in the family Hepialidae, resting on some Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in Dell Woods, Nethybridge, taken by David Palmar
22 June 2023
CalMac Ferry MV Hebridean Isles at Port Askaig
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Islay Ferry
CalMac Ferry MV Hebridean Isles at Port Askaig, with Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) in the foreground, taken at Feolin Ferry by David Palmar