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Sweet Woodruff or Scented Bedstraw, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Sweet Woodruff or Scented Bedstraw (Galium odoratum), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Sweet Woodruff or Scented Bedstraw, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Sweet Woodruff or Scented Bedstraw (Galium odoratum), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Yarrow leaves, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) leaves, Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. The finely divided leaves are a characteristic identification feature of this plant.
20 June 2020
Yellow Rattle, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Yellow Rattle feeds off the roots of other pants such as grasses, keeping the competition from grass down and allowing other flowering plants to thrive and a meadow to form. It is a good plant to sow in a wildlife garden.
20 June 2020
Great spotted woodpecker in its nest hole, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) juvenile emerging from its nest hole, Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. The red patch on its head show that it is a juvenile. The nictitating membrane which protects its eye is visible. Woodpeckers close their nictitating membranes just before impact on a tree trunk to prevent damage to the eyes.
20 June 2020
Ringlet butterfly, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) butterfly, Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Meadow Brown butterfly on Buttercup, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterfly on Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Common blue butterfly, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly, Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
6-Spot Burnet Moth emerging from pupa on Common (or Black) Knapweed, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) emerging from pupa on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
A pair of 6-Spot Burnet Moths, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) pair, Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar