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Dove's foot Cranesbill, Cholsey Meadows
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Dove's foot Cranesbill (Geranium molle), taken by David Palmar. This hairy annual plant has pink flowers and leaves with 5-7 lobes. This plant can grow up to 20cm.
18 April 2022
Dove's foot cranesbill, South Uist
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CEP - Ardmore
Dove's foot cranesbill (Geranium molle), South Uist. Rarely growing very tall, this plant prefers bare patches of soil in the lowlands. Petals are deeply notched.
25 May 2017
Dove's Foot Cranesbill, Ardmore Point, Firth of Clyde
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CEP - Ardmore
Dove's Foot Cranesbill (Geranium molle), Ardmore Point, Firth of Clyde. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct. Rarely growing very tall, this plant prefers bare patches of soil in the lowlands.
05 August 1967
Dove's foot cranesbill, South Uist
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South Uist (Uibhist a' Deas)
Dove's foot cranesbill (Geranium molle), South Uist. Rarely growing very tall, this plant prefers bare patches of soil in the lowlands.
25 May 2017
Dove's Foot Cranesbill, Bo'ness
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Bo'ness and Kinneil
Dove's Foot Cranesbill (Geranium molle), former Bridgeness Shipbreakers site, Bo'ness. Rarely growing very tall, this plant prefers bare patches of soil in the lowlands.
03 May 2017
Moss carder bumblebee on Bird's Foot Trefoil, North Uist
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Balranald and western North Uist
Moss carder bumblebee (Bombus muscorum) on Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Balranald, North Uist. More frequent in the north and west of Scotland, this bee can be found in flower-rich habitats. The abdomen is usually paler than the thorax, appearing almost blonde in some individuals, while the thorax is often a deep ginger colour, darker than the Common Carder.
29 May 2017
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil
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Nottinghamshire
Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus), taken by David Palmar. This plant flowers in June and July.
08 September 2023
Turtle Dove, Pensthorpe
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Norfolk
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) in Pensthorpe, UK.
24 August 2023
Turtle Dove, Pensthorpe
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Norfolk
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) in Pensthorpe, UK.
24 August 2023
Turtle Dove, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) on the RSPB Otmoor nature reserve, Oxfordshire. Turtle Doves, the breeding range of which in the UK is restricted to south-east England, have declined sharply over the past few decades, partly due to intensification of farming and hedge removal, and partly because of shooting in south-west Europe when they are on migration to their wintering grounds in West Africa. Habitat restoration including the encouragement of thorny scrub to nest in and plenty of seeds to feed on should help. It is to be hoped that the recent moratorium on shooting in the EU will mitigate the situation.