Blackhill Mire
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Blackhill Mire
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 5 Jun 1992
This site just outside Helensburgh had the largest known colony of the Green Hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys rubi) in the Greater Glasgow area in 1992. The white seed heads are of Common Cotton-grass (Eriophorum angustifolium).
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Image Location
Latitude
56.01533
Longitude
-4.717497