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Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
by Anne Burgess
for square NO6948
The commonest large thistle, and the only one native to Scotland. This, which... (more)
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Spear Thistle
by Jonathan Kington
for square SJ8959
One of many Spear Thistle plants growing in the pasture on Biddulph Grange... (more)
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Creeping Thistles at Falahill Cottages
by M J Richardson
for square NT3955
Creeping Thistles [Cirsium arvense], with the RH plant infected by Creeping... (more)
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Thistle, Newtownards - June 2014(1)
by Albert Bridge
for square J4773
There are several varieties of thistle found in NI - some only in parts of... (more)
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Thistle heads
by Walter Baxter
for square NT3527
The flower heads are in the process of wind-blown seed dispersal. For a wider... (more)
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Thistles at Yarrow
by Walter Baxter
geograph for square NT3527
The west side of a sloping grazing field was covered in thistles with the flower... (more)
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Thistle Seedhead
by Anne Burgess
for square NJ4400
I think it may be a Scotch Thistle, but am open to correction. I just know... (more)
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Sonchus arvensis
by Bob Harvey
for square SK9716
I think this is a Sow Thistle, but you have to be careful with common names of... (more)
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Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Tring Park
by Rob Farrow
for square SP9210
Undoubtedly a thistle, and probably the common Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)... (more)
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Moorland thistle
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NT5964
Plentiful on a wet moorland roadside in the Lammermuir Hills. probably Marsh... (more)
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Big chap at the roadside
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3740
There are plenty of these thistles on the roadsides, but this is one of the... (more)
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Thistles along Renald Lane
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE2505
With a view of Haigh Common beyond.
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Shades of green, Lower Denby Lane
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE2307
Thistles in the hedgerow, grass in the fields, and slightly autumnal trees in... (more)
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Thistle on Bredon Hill
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO9640
A thistle near Kemerton Hill Fort near the summit of Bredon Hill.
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Thistle bloom near Ystradmeurig, Ceredigion
by Roger D Kidd
for square SN7067
I think the thistle is a wonderfully colourful and dramatic plant ... but I... (more)
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Thistles near the Tweed
by Jim Barton
geograph for square NT3336
Thistles going to seed by the riverside path.
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Thistle flower by the Cambrian Way
by Roger D Kidd
for square SN7553
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by... (more)
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Thistles near Hill House Farm
by Derek Harper
for square SO7447
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Thistles next to Bowley Lane
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ8949
When they are flowering en masse, thistles can make an attractive sight. This... (more)
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Thistles in a field
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ8949
When they are flowering en masse, thistles can make an attractive sight. This... (more)
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Thistles below Mendick Hill
by Jim Barton
geograph for square NT1249
Thistles beside the old road from Edinburgh to Biggar.
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Tractor and thistles
by Bill Boaden
geograph for square HY4604
Behind the thistles, the farmland rises steadily towards the centre of East Mainland.
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Thistle on Bredon Hill
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO9539
A large thistle near the top of Bredon Hill, Parsons Folly which is currently... (more)
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Thistles beside the River Till
by Russel Wills
geograph for square NT9832
Thistles everywhere! If they were cleared the sheep that graze the area between... (more)
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Thistle near Levisham, Yorkshire
by Christine Matthews
for square SE8291
This large thistle was at the side of the road.
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Thistle, Comber Greenway, Dundonald (August 2015)
by Albert Bridge
for square J4272
A thistle, at the height of flowering, growing along the Comber Greenway, beside... (more)
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Cirsium vulgare
by Bob Harvey
for square SK9829
The Common Thistle. These look to me like plants in their second year. The... (more)
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Thistle near Thornbon Beck, Ellerburn, Yorkshire
by Christine Matthews
for square SE8484
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Thistles and ruins
by Debbie J
for square SS8872
The ruins at Dunraven lined with thistles
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Thistles by the lane
by Andrew Hill
geograph for square SO0170
The thistles have overtaken a cleared area marked as forest on the map. Upland... (more)
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Thistle infested pasture
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9253
The sloping farmland above the east side of Devil's Water, north of the... (more)
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Fort William: thistle at Blarmachfoldach
by Chris Downer
geograph for square NN0972
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Mull of Kintyre: a thistle by the lighthouse
by Chris Downer
geograph for square NR5808
A thistle grows in the long grass close to the lighthouse; the tip of Rathlin... (more)
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Thistle flower with hoverfly near Ystradmeurig, Ceredigion
by Roger D Kidd
for square SN7067
I think the thistle is a wonderfully colourful and dramatic plant ... but I... (more)
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Thistles near Ystradmeurig, Ceredigion
by Roger D Kidd
for square SN7067
I think the thistle is a wonderfully colourful and dramatic plant ... but I... (more)
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Bressay: thistle and ruin by Noss Sound
by Chris Downer
geograph for square HU5240
A ruined farmhouse struggles to reveal itself in the mist as we look towards it... (more)
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Creeping Thistle Seedhead
by Anne Burgess
for square NO4799
There's a large patch of Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) by the track... (more)
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A crop of thistles at Staples Brow
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE0537
Rough grazing south of the bridleway.
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Pendle Thistles
by Gerald England
for square SD7738
A clump of thistles growing near the Nick of Pendle.
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Thistles in autumn
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NT1135
A thicket of thistles with down on them after the flowering season is over, in... (more)
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Aphids on a thistle stem
by M J Richardson
for square NT2469
A colony of black aphids on the stalk of a thistle by the bank of the Braidburn... (more)
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Field of thistles and wildflowers
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO8026
Field of thistles and wildflowers on Foscombe Hill with views of Gloucestershire beyond.
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Thistles on Foscombe Hill
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO8026
Thistles in a field beside a bridleway on Foscombe Hill near Ashleworth.
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Marble White butterfly
by Phil Brandon Hunter
for square TQ8933
The Marble White butterfly (Melanargia galathea)
on its favoured flower, Field... (more)
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Small Skipper butterfly
by Phil Brandon Hunter
for square TQ8933
The Small Skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris)
on its favoured flower,... (more)
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Docks and Thistles
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF0105
Just after the local and long distance paths diverge (I am on the long distance... (more)
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Thistles in the forest
by Jim Barton
for square NT3836
Thistles were abundant alongside the track here on Middlebar Knowe in Elibank... (more)
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Thistle flowers
by Bob Harvey
for square TF0820
along the edge of the wire fence in the Blind Well field are several clumps of... (more)
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Thistle heads
by Bob Harvey
for square TF0820
Some of the thistle flowers are opening
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Thistle head
by Bob Harvey
for square TF0820
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