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Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Golden Dung Fly on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Yellow Dung Fly on Creeping thistle
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) feeds on other flies as well as nectar and even the dung that they breed on. This one was seen on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), RSPB Loch Lomond Nature Reserve.
27 August 2015
Golden Plover flock landing, Mull of Galloway
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Mull of Galloway
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) flock landing, Mull of Galloway.
To see closer images of a summer plumage Golden plover, search for "Golden Plover Lewis".
02 October 2012
Golden Plover, Uig, Lewis
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Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Uig, Lewis.
20 June 2011
Golden Eagles flying against Lewis mountains
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Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais)
Golden Eagles flying against the mountains of Lewis. The left hand one is a juvenile, as can be seen from the white base to the tail.
11 July 2010
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
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Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais)
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
11 July 2010
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
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Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais)
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
11 July 2010
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
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Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais)
Golden Eagle pair flying against Lewis mountains
11 July 2010
Golden Eagle flying against Lewis moorland
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Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais)
Golden Eagle flying against Lewis moorland
11 July 2010
Fly Orchid, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera), Warburg BBOWT nature reserve, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. Its flowers mimic an insect, to attract pollinators, in fact certain wasps, to pollinate it. BBOWT is the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Warburg is one of their more varied and interesting reserves.