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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera
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  • Field Maple Acer campestre Aceraceae Height to 26m <br />
Deciduous tree with rounded crown and twisted bole. Bark Grey-brown, fissured, corky. Branches Much-divided and dense. Shoots hairy, sometimes winged. Leaves To 12cm long, 3-lobed; turn yellow in autumn. Reproductive parts Yellowish flowers in erect clusters. Fruits, reddish, winged, in 4s. Status Common native of woods and hedgerows, especially on calcareous soils.
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - female
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - female
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - female
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult female
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult female
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - male
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - female
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  • Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera - female
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult female
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Cretan Maple Acer sempervirens (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 12m <br />
Shrub or small, compact evergreen tree. BARK Smooth and grey with lighter patches. BRANCHES Tangled and twisted with shiny-brown twigs. LEAVES Opposite, to 5cm long and often 3-lobed, but sometimes irregular or simple with untoothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Greenish flowers open in April, in small erect clusters. Fruits are green or red-winged, with wings parallel or slightly divergent. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Crete and Greece, planted here occasionally.
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  • Nikko Maple Acer nikoense (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 15m (20m). Broadly spreading deciduous tree. BARK Greyish-brown and smooth. BRANCHES Mainly level, with blackish buds that have grey hairs on scales. LEAVES Compound, with 3 leaflets, the central one up to 10cm long, the other 2 smaller and unequal at the base. They are mostly green and smooth on the upper surface, but bluish-white below with a covering of soft hairs. Leaves turn fiery red in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Small yellow flowers, in pendulous clusters of 3, on hairy stalks, open at about same time as leaves. Green, winged fruits are about 5cm long, and wings spread widely, but seeds are rarely fertile or fully formed. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Japan, and now popular here as an ornamental tree, mostly for its fine autumn colours.
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  • Downy Japanese Maple Acer japonicum (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 14m Similar to Smooth Japanese Maple, but bole is often even shorter; note also, differences between the leaves. BARK Grey and smooth. BRANCHES Upright and sinuous. LEAVES Hairy when young, with veins remaining hairy through the season. Leaves are lobed, but divided less than half-way to base, with forward-pointing teeth on margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Purple flowers grow in long-stalked, pendulous clusters, opening just before leaves. Paired, winged fruits, to 5cm across, have wings diverging widely; margins hairy at first. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Japan, grown here for ornament; cultivar ‘Vitifolium’ is popular for its red autumn colours.
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  • Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus - Juvenile
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  • Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera - Adult male
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  • Paper-bark Maple Acer griseum (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 15m <br />
Dense and spreading tree. BARK Reddish-brown and distinctive, peeling off in thin papery scales. BRANCHES Mainly level. LEAVES Pinnate and divided into 3 blunt-toothed leaflets, each toothed and lobed. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Yellow-green flowers are small, growing in drooping clusters. Pale-green winged fruits are about 3cm long. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of China, planted here occasionally for ornament.
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  • Paper-bark Maple Acer griseum (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 15m <br />
Dense and spreading tree. BARK Reddish-brown and distinctive, peeling off in thin papery scales. BRANCHES Mainly level. LEAVES Pinnate and divided into 3 blunt-toothed leaflets, each toothed and lobed. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Yellow-green flowers are small, growing in drooping clusters. Pale-green winged fruits are about 3cm long. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of China, planted here occasionally for ornament.
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  • Cretan Maple Acer sempervirens (Aceraceae) HEIGHT to 12m <br />
Shrub or small, compact evergreen tree. BARK Smooth and grey with lighter patches. BRANCHES Tangled and twisted with shiny-brown twigs. LEAVES Opposite, to 5cm long and often 3-lobed, but sometimes irregular or simple with untoothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Greenish flowers open in April, in small erect clusters. Fruits are green or red-winged, with wings parallel or slightly divergent. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Crete and Greece, planted here occasionally.
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  • COTTON THISTLE Onopordum acanthium (Asteraceae) Height to 2.5m. Tall biennial with strongly winged stems armed with spines and coated in cottony down. Grows on waste and disturbed ground, and on verges. FLOWERS are borne in heads, 30-35mm across, with reddish purple florets and a globular base covered in spine-tipped bracts; in clusters (Jul-Sep). FRUITS have unbranched pappus hairs. LEAVES are oblong with wavy, spiny lobes; cottony on both surfaces. STATUS-Possibly introduced; now widespread and local in S and E England but scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea Lathyrus sylvestris. Height to 3m. Hairless perennial with winged stems. Found in hedges and grassy places, often coastal. Flowers 2cm long, pinkish, flushed with yellow; in long-stalked groups of 3-12 (June-Aug). Fruits long pods. Leaves comprising one pair of narrow leaflets 10-15cm long, narrow stipules and branched tendrils.
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  • SQUARE-STALKED ST JOHN’S-WORT Hypericum tetrapterum (Clusiaceae) Height to 1m. Upright, hairless perennial. Similar to Imperforate St John’s-wort but the square stems are distinctly winged. Found in damp ground. FLOWERS are 2cm across with yellow petals and undotted, pointed sepals (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are dry capsules. LEAVES are oval with translucent dots. STATUS-Widespread and locally common, except in the N.
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  • SQUARE-STALKED ST JOHN’S-WORT Hypericum tetrapterum (Clusiaceae) Height to 1m. Upright, hairless perennial. Similar to Imperforate St John’s-wort but the square stems are distinctly winged. Found in damp ground. FLOWERS are 2cm across with yellow petals and undotted, pointed sepals (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are dry capsules. LEAVES are oval with translucent dots. STATUS-Widespread and locally common, except in the N.
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  • SQUARE-STALKED ST JOHN’S-WORT Hypericum tetrapterum (Clusiaceae) Height to 1m. Upright, hairless perennial. Similar to Imperforate St John’s-wort but the square stems are distinctly winged. Found in damp ground. FLOWERS are 2cm across with yellow petals and undotted, pointed sepals (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are dry capsules. LEAVES are oval with translucent dots. STATUS-Widespread and locally common, except in the N.
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  • CORNFLOWER Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae) Height to 90cm. Creeping perennial with upright flowering stems that are winged below leaf stalks and swollen beneath flower heads. Grows in arable fields and on disturbed ground. FLOWERS in heads, 15-30mm across, with bluish outer florets and reddish purple inner florets (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are hairless. LEAVES are narrow; basal ones may be lobed. STATUS-Formerly a common arable ‘weed’ prior to the use of modern agricultural herbicides; now virtually extinct on farmland, seen mainly where seed is deliberately scattered.
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  • CORNFLOWER Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae) Height to 90cm. Creeping perennial with upright flowering stems that are winged below leaf stalks and swollen beneath flower heads. Grows in arable fields and on disturbed ground. FLOWERS in heads, 15-30mm across, with bluish outer florets and reddish purple inner florets (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are hairless. LEAVES are narrow; basal ones may be lobed. STATUS-Formerly a common arable ‘weed’ prior to the use of modern agricultural herbicides; now virtually extinct on farmland, seen mainly where seed is deliberately scattered.
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  • Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea Lathyrus sylvestris. Height to 3m. Hairless perennial with winged stems. Found in hedges and grassy places, often coastal. Flowers 2cm long, pinkish, flushed with yellow; in long-stalked groups of 3-12 (June-Aug). Fruits long pods. Leaves comprising one pair of narrow leaflets 10-15cm long, narrow stipules and branched tendrils.
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  • NARROW-LEAVED EVERLASTING-PEA Lathyrus sylvestris (Fabaceae) Height to 3m. Hairless perennial with winged stems. Found in hedges and grassy places, often coastal. FLOWERS are 2cm long and pinkish, flushed with yellow; in long-stalked groups of 3-12 flowers (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are long pods. LEAVES have 1 pair of narrow leaflets 10-15cm long, narrow stipules and branched tendrils. STATUS-Very local.
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  • BITTER-VETCH Lathyrus linifolius (Fabaceae) Height to 50cm<br />
Upright, almost hairless perennial with winged stems. Found in grassy places, heaths and woods, mainly on acid soils. FLOWERS are 15mm long, red fading to blue or green; in groups of 5-12 flowers (Apr-Jul). FRUITS are brown pods, 4cm long. LEAVES have 2-4 pairs of narrow leaflets and no tendril. STATUS-Widespread and locally common.
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  • COMMON COMFREY Symphytum officinale (Boraginaceae) Height to 1m. Roughly hairy perennial with strikingly winged stems. Grows in damp ground beside rivers and ditches. FLOWERS are 12-18mm long and tubular to bell-shaped; colour varies but usually white, pink or purple, and borne in curved clusters (May-Jun). FRUITS are shiny nutlets. LEAVES are oval and hairy, the upper ones clasping, and the stalk running down the main stem. STATUS-Widespread; common only in C and S England.
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler' -Adult male breeding
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Spur-winged Plover - Vanellus spinosus
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  • White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
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  • White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
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  • Spur-winged Plover - Vanellus spinosus
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  • Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
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  • Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Oleaceae) HEIGHT to 25m <br />
Similar to Common Ash but generally smaller. BARK Deeply furrowed, reddish-brown. BRANCHES Stout with hairy twigs and brown winter buds. LEAVES Opposite, pinnate, to 22cm long with 7, rarely 9, oval, pointed leaflets. Each leaflet to 15cm long, toothed and pointed, 2 sides of blade not matching on petiole; undersides are usually hairy. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers open before leaves in hairy clusters in leaf axils; sexes usually on separate trees. Male flowers are red and female flowers are greenish. Both sexes of flowers lack petals, but female flowers have 4 sepals. Single-winged fruits are up to 6cm long. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E North America, introduced into Britain and Ireland as an ornamental tree, but nowhere very common.
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  • Caucasian Wingnut Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Spreading tree with domed crown and stout bole from which many branches arise close to same point. Suckers freely. BARK Grey, fissured and gnarled. LEAVES Compound, with 11–20 pairs of leaflets, each to 18cm long, ovate to lanceolate with a pointed tip and toothed margins. Midribs bear stellate hairs on underside. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins solitary, female catkins pendent with many flowers and give rise to broad-winged nutlets. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of SW Asia, planted here for ornament.
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  • Caucasian Wingnut Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Spreading tree with domed crown and stout bole from which many branches arise close to same point. Suckers freely. BARK Grey, fissured and gnarled. LEAVES Compound, with 11–20 pairs of leaflets, each to 18cm long, ovate to lanceolate with a pointed tip and toothed margins. Midribs bear stellate hairs on underside. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins solitary, female catkins pendent with many flowers and give rise to broad-winged nutlets. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of SW Asia, planted here for ornament.
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  • Caucasian Wingnut Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Spreading tree with domed crown and stout bole from which many branches arise close to same point. Suckers freely. BARK Grey, fissured and gnarled. LEAVES Compound, with 11–20 pairs of leaflets, each to 18cm long, ovate to lanceolate with a pointed tip and toothed margins. Midribs bear stellate hairs on underside. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins solitary, female catkins pendent with many flowers and give rise to broad-winged nutlets. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of SW Asia, planted here for ornament.
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  • SPEAR THISTLE Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae) Height to 1m<br />
Upright biennial with stems that are downy and spiny-winged between the leaves. Grows in grassland and on disturbed ground. FLOWERS are borne in heads, 2-4cm across, that comprise purple florets topping a basal ball coated with spiny bracts; heads are solitary or in small clusters (Jul-Sep). FRUITS have feathery pappus hairs. LEAVES are pinnately lobed and spiny. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout the region.
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  • Green-winged Orchid - Anacamptis morio
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  • Green-winged Orchid - Anacamptis morio
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  • SPEAR THISTLE Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae) Height to 1m<br />
Upright biennial with stems that are downy and spiny-winged between the leaves. Grows in grassland and on disturbed ground. FLOWERS are borne in heads, 2-4cm across, that comprise purple florets topping a basal ball coated with spiny bracts; heads are solitary or in small clusters (Jul-Sep). FRUITS have feathery pappus hairs. LEAVES are pinnately lobed and spiny. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout the region.
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  • Green-winged orchid - Orchis morio
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  • Green-winged Orchid - Orchis morio
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus - moulting adult autumn
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus - moulting adult autumn
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus<br />
juvenile / 1st autumn
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  • Spur-winged Plover - Vanellus spinosus
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus<br />
immature/1st autumn
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  • White-winged Black Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus<br />
juvenile / 1st autumn
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  • Spur-winged Plover - Vanellus spinosus
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  • Spur-winged Plover - Vanellus spinosus
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  • Window-winged Sedge - Hagenella clathrata
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  • Window-winged Sedge - Hagenella clathrata
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  • Green-winged Orchid - Anacamptis morio<br />
Gargano Peninsula, Italy
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  • Green-winged Orchid - Anacamptis morio<br />
Gargano Peninsula, Italy
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