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The Brough, Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney
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Stronsay
The Brough, a stack at Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney. On the side of the stack is the orange lichen so typical of Scottish coastal scenery.
08 July 2019
Rock Pipit on Old Red Sandstone with orange lichen
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) standing on Old Red Sandstone rocks covered in orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina)
07 October 2012
Rock Pipit on Old Red Sandstone with orange lichen
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) standing on Old Red Sandstone rocks covered in orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina)
07 October 2012
orange lichen, Mull of Galloway
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Mull of Galloway
orange lichen, (probably Xanthoria parietina), Mull of Galloway
02 October 2012
Black guillemot, Arran
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Arran
Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Arran
15 July 2011
Thrift or Sea pink with orange and green lichens
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Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
A clump of Thrift or Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) by a rock with a typically Scottish west coast assemblage of orange, green and white lichens, with Seil Sound in the background.
30 May 2010
rock with orange green and white lichens
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Seil
A rock with orange green and white lichens by the shore on Seil in Argyllshire.
30 May 2010
Small heath butterfly
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Seil
Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) by a rocky shore on Seil in Argyllshire.
30 May 2010
Male Orange Tip butterfly on Garlic Mustard, Baron's Haugh
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Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Male Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Baron's Haugh RSPB Reserve, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Beard lichen on Common Hawthorn , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield
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Campsie and Fintry Hills
Beard lichen (Usnia sp.), possibly Old Man's Beard (Usnia hirta), growing on a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield. Lichens growing in this profusion are a sign of pure air quality.