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Newburgh: Gorse along Knockhall Road
You are, of course, only allowed to kiss the girls when the gorse is in flower. Thankfully you can always find the odd flower, whatever the time of year! In May the gorse puts on a magnificent display.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 8 May 2009
0.10 miles
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Urban wildlife
Slugs (Limax pseudoflavus) enjoying the contents of my compost bin.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 28 Sep 2007
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: A green finch visits my garden
Green finches Carduelis chloris are a common garden species and are particularly attracted to feeders filled with sunflower seeds. More and more dependent on gardens now that suitable seeds in the countryside have been much reduced by agricultural changes.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 5 May 2008
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: native and alien pigeons on my roof
The Woodpigeon Columba palumbus is the UK's largest and commonest pigeon. Although shy in the countryside it is often tame and approachable in built-up areas.
The Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto is not native to the UK. Before the early 1950s it was a rare vagrant here but is now widespread with perhaps 200,000 breeding pairs. Its arrival was part of a huge expansion in the range of the collared dove which began in the 1930s, before which its European range was confined to the Balkans.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 8 Jul 2009
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: Slug Fest 2009
Slugs (Limax pseudoflavus) enjoying the contents of my compost bin. Why waste your money on exotic safaris abroad when there is wildlife like this on your doorstep?
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 14 Jul 2009
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: an overnight delivery from Iceland
Overnight a thin layer of volcanic dust from Iceland has settled on my car roof.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 16 Apr 2010
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: knee deep in Red Admirals
The day following a major deluge and high winds we were invaded by large numbers of Red Admirals. The following day they were all gone! This one is filling its fuel tanks from an apple on the bird feeder.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 2 Oct 2010
0.12 miles
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Newburgh: The Oceanlab facility
Oceanlab is an Aberdeen University facility to support research in the deep sea. The two buildings have "living" roofs covered in sedum and provide office and engineering facilities. The team based at Oceanlab fabricate devices that can descend to the bottom of the world's deepest oceans where they carry out cutting edge chemical and biological experiments. The buildings in the background are residential houses.
Image: © Martyn Gorman
Taken: 8 May 2009
0.15 miles
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Culterty pond
A wildfowl facility in the grounds of the University of Aberdeen's Culterty research centre.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: Unknown
0.15 miles
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Main Street (A975), Newburgh
Showing position of Postbox No. AB41 254.
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Image: © JThomas
Taken: 21 Aug 2020
0.17 miles