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Flora and Fauna

Chimney top greenery in Kirkwall July 2014 Chimney top greenery in Kirkwall (1)
High level greenery June 2014. Another array of high level greenery, Kirkwall.
Hooded Crow July 2014 A rather dapper Hooded Crow from Kirkwall.
Country cousin July 2014. ...and a rather scruffy looking country cousin from Rackwick !!
Slatero science This common Woodlouse or Slatero decided to trundle across my kitchen floor last night (11 Feb 2015)...
Common Seals in Stenness Loch, Dec 2000 Ref my comment on picture #28040, here's the slide in question, taken at max wide-angle and composit...
Stricken Seal Common or Harbour Seal with ligature round its neck, Point of Buckquoy, Birsay, today 6 July 2015. T...
V Searching this site for Primula scotica produces surprisingly few pictures, so I thought I'd add a c...
Moth Found this moth on my stair-carpet at 03.00 today, 18 October 2015. I didn't see it come into the ho...
Forkytails Since posting image #27357 I've been hoping for an opportunity to photograph an earwig without too m...
Fulmar riding the updraught at Marwick Head Fulmar riding the updraught at Marwick Head. June 1966 Picture #28139 (Elizabeth Buchan's mystery...
Mystery thing Yes, it's an egg. But what wild bird species laid it? I came across it on Switha in June 1992, but ...

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