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Matchstick lichen, Tulloch Moor, Speyside
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Matchstick lichen (Cladonia sp.) lichen fruiting bodies, Tulloch Moor, taken by David Palmar
25 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. In southern parts of the UK common blues have two broods of young, usually in May and August, whereas in Scotland, they only have one brood that emerges in July. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. Common Blue butterflies fly throughout the summer between April and October and are the most widespread of the blue butterflies. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Harebell, Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) or Scottish Bluebell at Tulloch Moor. The delicate bell shaped flowers are made up of five triangular petals that are most often lavender blue but can be white or pink. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Cow-wheat, Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) at Tulloch Moor. Common Cow-wheat is a hemi-parasitic plant, meaning that it relies on obtaining some of its nutrients from the roots of nearby plants. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Field Gentian, Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris) at Tulloch Moor. The flowers are bell-shaped, typically blue to violet in colour, although pink or white varieties can also occur. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. Common Blue butterflies fly throughout the summer between April and October and are the most widespread of the blue butterflies. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly can be seen here on Bell heather (Erica cinerea). Photo taken at Tulloch Moor by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Hen harrier food pass
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Langholm Moor
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) pair in a food pass. The male brings food to the female, who flips upside down to receive it. A food pass can take place either during courtship, as in this case, or during brooding of the chicks later in the season, when the female is mostly on the nest and the male does much of the hunting.
This image was created by combining many shots taken in rapid succession to form a composite image, which gives an impression of the food pass, in which the male Hen harrier (above), carrying food, catches up with the female, who flips over to receive the prey item he drops for her, often a vole or a Meadow pipit, or sometimes a Red grouse chick.
19 April 2014
Purple Pitcher Plant on Rannoch Moor, Highland
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Rannoch Moor
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia pupurea) on Rannoch Moor, Highland, taken by Sarah Longrigg. A native of North America, it is an invasive non-native in Scotland, but fortunately, doesn't appear to be spreading.