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Six-Spot Burnet Moth – Balgonie Bleachfield Project

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The Balgonie Bleachfield Project near Glenrothes, Fife, has a wealth of flowers and insects, including the Six-spot Burnet Moth. For the location of the small nature reserve, see the post “Early Summer Insects and Flowers of Balgonie Bleachfield Project”.   This common moth is the only British Burnet with six red spots on it’s dark […]

Early Summer Insects and Flowers of Balgonie Bleachfield Project

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  Last week I headed down to the Balgonie Bleachfield Project/Nature Reserve, just outside Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. The nature reserve is on the site of an old ‘Bleaching Works’, used for bleaching textiles and linens from 1746 to 1957.  From the mid 1960’s till 1996, the location was used as a landfill site, which was then […]