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Mute swan family group, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Mute swan (Cygnus olor) family group on the Forth and Clyde Canal, Firhill, Glasgow, including 5 cygnets. Photo taken by Rita Basto.
19 May 2020
Goosander family, River Kelvin
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Goosander (Mergus merganser) female and chicks on the River Kelvin, Maryhill, June 2020, taken by Pat Thomson. The female (sometimes known as a redhead) shows a definite line between the brown head and the white breast. This distinguishes a Goosander from a Red-breasted meganser, in which these two colours merge.
06 June 2020
Male Orange Tip butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow. Only the male has any orange colouring, and even he has small grey triangles at the tips of his forewings. The underwing is blotched green and white, similar on both male and female.
28 April 2020
Adult Moorhen and young on the nest, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Adult Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) feeding young on the nest, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow
28 April 2020
Few-flowered leek, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Few-flowered leek (Allium paradoxum) an invasive non-native species (INNS) grows along the Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow. It has a triangular stem, and smells like garlic when touched. Its leaves are a bit thinner than bluebell leaves, with which it could be confused before flowering. It forms very dense carpets on deciduous woodland floor and beside rivers, and crowds out native species such as Primroses which live in a similar habitat.
11 April 2020
Ring-necked parakeet, Dawsholm Park, Glasgow
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Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri), an invasive non-native species (INNS), now breeding in Dawsholm Park, Glasgow. Here, a Parakeet is investigating a nest hole.
17 April 2020
Ring-necked parakeet, Dawsholm Park, Glasgow
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Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri), an invasive non-native species (INNS), now breeding in Dawsholm Park, Glasgow. Here, a Parakeet is at its nest hole.
17 April 2020
Ring-necked parakeet, Dawsholm Park, Glasgow
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Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri), an invasive non-native species (INNS), now breeding in Dawsholm Park, Glasgow
17 April 2020
Peacock butterfly, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Peacock (Aglais io) butterfly beside the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. Peacocks hibernate over winter, and because of this are one of the first butterflies to emerge in early spring
06 April 2020
Primroses, Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Primroses (Primula vulgaris) beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow. Primroses are a common native plant in Britain.
