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This gall is very common on nettles, and can appear on the stem, leaf stalk,... (more)

Tags: place:Carman Hill   bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   Nettle Rust   Plant Gall   Rust Fungus   top:Woodland, Forest  

For context, see NS3678 : Track beside Cardross Road; the Colt's-foot plants on which I observed... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   top:Derelict, Disused   bucket:Life   Plant Gall  

One of the most popular and distinctive of all the Museum’s galleries, is the... (more)

Tags: top:City, Town Centre   bucket:Closeup   Cone-Headed Lizard   top:Educational Sites   bucket:Indoor   Laemanctus Longipes   bucket:Life   Lizard   Manchester City Centre   Manchester Museum   Museum   camera:Panasonic Lumix TZ60   Tropical Rain Forest   University of Manchester   Vivarium   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The newly redeveloped vivarium, which opened in autumn 2013, is one of the most... (more)

Tags: Chameleon   top:City, Town Centre   bucket:Closeup   top:Educational Sites   Furcifer Pardalis   bucket:Indoor   bucket:Life   Manchester City Centre   Manchester Museum   Museum   camera:Panasonic Lumix TZ60   Panther Chameleon   Tropical Rain Forest   University of Manchester   Vivarium   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Just beyond the bridge shown in NS3976 : Footbridge on Cycle Route, on the left-hand side of the path,... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   Fungus   top:Grassland   bucket:Life   Plant Gall   near:River Leven   Rust Fungus  

The substance that looks rather like ice in this photo, which was taken on a... (more)

Tags: Balloch Castle Country Park   Ceratiomyxaceae   Ceratiomyxales   bucket:Closeup   22713:Gal Slime   bucket:Life   Plasmodium   Slime Mould   top:Woodland, Forest  

A new addition to the Christmas lights in Bangor this year is what appears to be... (more)

Tags: bucket:Arty   place:Bangor   Bangor (Co Down)   Bauble   Christmas   Christmas Festivities   Christmas Lights   top:City, Town Centre   top:Coastal   bucket:Informative   bucket:Life   bucket:People   top:People, Events   top:Public Buildings and Spaces   bucket:Temporary  

Part of the bow of the 'SeaRose FPSO' in the Belfast Dry Dock - this... (more)

Tags: place:Belfast   place:Belfast Docks   Belfast Dry Dock   top:City, Town Centre   bucket:CloseCrop   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Dry Dock   place:East Twin Road   Harland & Wolff   top:Industry   bucket:Informative   bucket:Life   Lorry   Oil Industry   SeaRose FPSO   Ship   bucket:Temporary   bucket:Transport  

I remember having to climb quite a long way from the shore to get here, but I... (more)

Tags: bucket:Aerial   top:Business, Retail, Services   top:Coastal   top:Flat Landscapes   bucket:Informative   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life   top:Public Buildings and Spaces   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Water Resources   bucket:Wideangle  

The Thames Path along this stretch is just that, a path. It isn't a cycle... (more)

Tags: Illegal Activities   bucket:Informative   bucket:Life   top:Lowlands   top:Paths   bucket:People   Push-Bikes   Push-Biking   Pushbike   River Thames   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   bucket:Temporary   bucket:Transport   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

The galls are the red growths, gross distortions of some of the tree's... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   top:Paths   Plant Gall  

The rust fungus is shown growing on Ramsons (Allium ursinum): see NS4274 : Rust fungus on Ramsons.... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   subject:Fungi   bucket:Life   top:Paths   Rust Fungus  

The setting is the fallen branch shown in the foreground in NS3878 : The edge of Renton Wood. On... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   22713:Gal Slime   Insect Larvae   bucket:Life   place:Renton Wood   Slime Mould   top:Woodland, Forest  

The location is shown in NS4074 : Path beside Dumbarton Rock; see that picture for context. The... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   subject:Fungi   bucket:Life   top:Paths   Plant Gall  

The rose plant is growing beside a path from Millburn to Overton Road; the path... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Fungi   bucket:Life   Plant Gall   Rust Fungus   top:Woodland, Forest  

A healthy acorn and an acorn distorted by the presence of the cynipid gall wasp... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   tree:English Oak   Galls   Knopper Gall   bucket:Life   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

In passing, I noticed these structures on a branch about six feet from the... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   22713:Gal Slime   bucket:Life   Physaraceae   Physarales   Slime Mould   Stalked Sporangia   top:Woodland, Forest  

This comma settled on my jeans at Two Tree Island.

Tags: Butterfly   bucket:Closeup   Comma   county:Essex   Essex Wildlife Trust   place:Leigh-on-Sea   bucket:Life   Nature Reserve   near:River Thames   SSSI   place:Two Tree Island   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Seen on Two Tree Island.

Tags: Butterfly   bucket:Closeup   county:Essex   Essex Wildlife Trust   Gatekeeper   place:Leigh-on-Sea   bucket:Life   Nature Reserve   near:River Thames   SSSI   place:Two Tree Island   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Much of this moor consists of Sphagnum bogs, but this heather was growing at a... (more)

Tags: place:Carman Muir   bucket:Closeup   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   bucket:Life   Physaraceae   Physarales   Plasmodium   Slime Mould   colour:Yellow  

["Resupinate" fungi are those which are spread out and flattened... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   Fungus   bucket:Life   place:Vale of Leven Industrial Estate   top:Woodland, Forest  

This is a native species, common in wet places. Its common name may have arisen,... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   top:Grassland   bucket:Life   plant:Meadowsweet   near:River Leven  

At the place where this picture was taken, there is a line of tree stumps on the... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   Fungus   bucket:Life   place:Renton   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe  

Polychaete means "many bristles"; what might appear to be numerous... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   Dumbarton Foreshore Walk   near:Dumbuck   top:Estuary, Marine   bucket:Life   near:River Clyde  

Knopper galls grow on acorns, and are caused by the gall wasp Andricus... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   Knopper Gall   bucket:Life   Plant Gall   top:Woodland, Forest  

This liverwort was growing beside the footpath, and consists of small leafy... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   Liverwort   top:Woodland, Forest  

The footpath here passes through dense woods, with a little stream flowing... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   Liverwort   near:Renton   top:Woodland, Forest  

These galls were seen on trees alongside a path, NS3878 : The Hundred Steps. There are four... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   Plant Gall   Spangle Gall   top:Woodland, Forest  

More precisely, this is Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. fruticulosa, which is... (more)

Tags: Balloch Castle Country Park   Ceratiomyxaceae   Ceratiomyxales   bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   Slime Mould   Sporocarps   top:Woodland, Forest  

The torch relay at Abbey Street in Bangor. A relay runner waits with his torch in hand.

Tags: 2012 Olympic Games   2012 Olympic Torch Relay Location   place:Abbey Street   place:Bangor   bucket:CloseCrop   bucket:Life   London 2012 Olympics   Olympic Games   bucket:People   top:People, Events   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   bucket:Temporary  

Sheaves of oats stand in 'stooks' after being cut with an old... (more)

Tags: 1983   Binder   Brendon   Brendon Barton   Dick French   place:Exmoor   Exmoor National Park   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   bucket:Gone   bucket:Informative   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life   Oats   Sheaves   Stooks   top:Uplands   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

A heron poised and waiting on Mackerel Rocks J5082 : 'Mackerel Rocks', Bangor close to the Seacliff... (more)

Tags: bucket:Arty   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life  

Quaint cottages lined up along Sandsend Beck.

Tags: bucket:Informative   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life  

(Neottia ovata; formerly Listera ovata) These plants were at the edge of the... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   plant:Common Twayblade   bucket:Gone   bucket:Life   Lomondgate   Orchid   subject:Plant   top:Woodland, Forest  

For context, see NS3783 : Loch Lomond at Duck Bay; the same swan appears in that picture.

Tags: subject:Bird   type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   bucket:Life   bird:Mute Swan   bucket:Temporary  

A hole in the wall surrounding Bucknall Hospital (closed down) shows a tree and a red car.

Tags: bucket:Arty   top:Boundary, Barrier   top:Derelict, Disused   bucket:Life   top:Public Buildings and Spaces   bucket:Temporary   subject:Wall  

The Walton and Frinton lifeboat crew on their three quarter mile cycle ride back... (more)

Tags: top:Coastal   bucket:Informative   bucket:Life   Lifeboat Crew   bucket:People   top:People, Events   Pier  

Ten young bucks taking a shortcut across the bay.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Estuary, Marine   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life   Red Deer   bucket:Temporary   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Black Guillemot on the Eisenhower Pier in Bangor. Note the ring on the left leg.... (more)

Tags: place:Bangor   Bangor   Bangor (Co Down)   Bangor Harbour   place:Bangor Harbour   Bangor Pier   bird:Black Guillemot   Black Guillemot   top:City, Town Centre   bucket:CloseCrop   top:Coastal   top:Docks, Harbours   Eisenhower Pier   bucket:Life   bucket:Temporary   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

On the edge of the River Severn on a hot sunny April day.

Tags: Butterfly   bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   place:Newtown   River Severn   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   bucket:Temporary   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Followers on foot and horse at the meet at Brendon Two Gates looking towards... (more)

Tags: Brendon Common   Brendon Two Gates   Devon & Somerset Staghounds   place:Exmoor   Exmoor National Park   Hunting   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life   top:Moorland   bucket:People   top:People, Events   top:Uplands  

Buggies used to carry shooting parties to the boathouse on Jenkins Quay for the... (more)

Tags: AONB   top:Coastal   Coastal Dunes   top:Country Estates   type:Cross Grid   Disturbed Ground   Dunes   Environmental Damage   top:Estuary, Marine   Grassed Sand Dunes   top:Grassland   bucket:Landscape   bucket:Life   top:Paths   top:People, Events   Pheasant Shooting   top:Sport, Leisure   bucket:Transport   Undeveloped Land   subject:Vehicle  

New life springs from the trunk of this fallen hornbeam pollard.

Tags: county:Essex   Fallen Tree   place:Hainault Forest   Hornbeam   place:Lambourne   bucket:Life   Pollard   Tree   top:Woodland, Forest  

(Or Monkeyflower. Erythranthe guttata syn. Mimulus guttatus) A patch of these... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   bucket:Closeup   bucket:Life   top:Paths  

(Artemisia vulgaris) This native plant is common in lowland areas, where it... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Flower   bucket:Life   top:Paths  

(Linaria purpurea) Several of these plants were growing with other colourful... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Flower   top:Grassland   bucket:Life  

(Cicindela campestris) These insects are common here (NS3778 : Path beside Carman Reservoir), and... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Insect   bucket:Life   top:Paths  

Phyllobius is a genus of weevils. As far as I could tell, this one is Phyllobius... (more)

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Insect   bucket:Life   top:Woodland, Forest  

The bush was growing near the eastern end of a NS3577 : Stone bridge in Kilmahew Estate.

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Flower   bucket:Life   top:Woodland, Forest  

For the location of the pool, and for context, see NS3976 : Pool near Dumbarton Golf Course.

Tags: bucket:Closeup   subject:Flower   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   bucket:Life