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Ragged Robin at Barnyards Marsh

9/6/2020

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Ragged Robin (Silene flos-cuculi), as its scientific name suggests, is a flower that appears at cuckoo time, but here is one hanging on at Barnyards Marsh, Kilconquhar on the 5th September. It's a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, with a cut path winding through it to observe the wildlife. As well as being a good nectar source for long-tongued bees and other insects, along with Red and White Campion, it is a food plant of caterpillars of the Campion Moth (Sideris rivularis) and Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) which feed on the seed capsules.  
As it prefers marshy soils, its numbers have declined over the years with the relentless drainage of fields.

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