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Meadow Saxifrage, Corra Castle
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Meadow Saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata), Corra Castle, New Lanark, taken by Sarah Longrigg. It was growing on several old walls around the castle ruins.
13 April 2019
Wall Pennywort, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Wall Pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris), a plant in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae) on Great Cumbrae.
15 June 2024
Burnet Rose, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia), a plant in the Rose family (Rosaceae) on Great Cumbrae.
15 June 2024
Viper's Bugloss, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare), a plant in the Forget-me-not family (Boraginaceae), at the Cumbrae ferry slip, Great Cumbrae
15 June 2024
Goldfinch
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Coll
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Totronald on Coll, Argyllshire. Goldfinches are often found in open, partially wooded lowlands, forest edges, thickets, heaths, streams, riverine and marshy areas with bushes and trees, grasslands with scattered trees, scrub, orchards, gardens, and urban parks and gardens. Here it is on the machair in an area of Common Daisies (Bellis perennis).
12 May 2016
Fairy foxglove, Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Fairy foxglove (Erinus alpinus) in Millport. Popularly grown in rockeries or alpine gardens, semi-evergreen. Native to Central and Southern Europe, and also to Morocco and Algeria. Naturalised in Scotland
23 May 2017
Bee Fly on Lungwort, Greenbank Garden
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East Renfrewshire
Bee Fly (Bombylius sp.) nectaring on Lungwort (Pulmonaria sp.), taken by David Palmar in NTS (National Trust for Scotland) Greenbank Garden, Clarkston, East Renfrewshire. Note the long legs and its enormous proboscis which enables it to suck nectar from deep within a flower head.
17 April 2021
Bee Fly on Lungwort, Greenbank Garden
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East Renfrewshire
Bee Fly (Bombylius sp.) nectaring on Lungwort (Pulmonaria sp.), taken by David Palmar in NTS (National Trust for Scotland) Greenbank Garden, Clarkston, East Renfrewshire. Note the long legs and its enormous proboscis which enables it to suck nectar from deep within a flower head.
17 April 2021
Greater Stitchwort, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) forming a mass of ground-cover in the partial shade of a few trees, growing beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Kelvindale, Glasgow.
11 May 2020
Greater Stitchwort, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), showing the thin leaves in pairs, each pair at right angles to the next one, growing beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Kelvindale, Glasgow.
