Scots pine and bracken in early autumn, beside Loch Affric
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Scots pine overlooking Loch Affric, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve
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Scots pine and blooming heather in Glen Affric NNR
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Scots pine in Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pines at Stabbursdalen in Norway
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Lone Scots pine on the north shore of Loch Affric.
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Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine amongst birches in winter, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR. This is the same scene as in the previous photograph.
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Scots pine beside Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine beside Loch Affric.
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Scots pine in autumn amongst birches, with blaeberries on the forest floor, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine in Glen Strathfarrar.
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Scots pines covered in snow in winter, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.
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Male flowers of a Scots pine.
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Needles and buds of a Scots pine covered in hoar frost in winter.
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Scots pines beside a cascading stream on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.
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Needles and buds of a Scots pine covered in hoar frost in winter.
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Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.
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Caterpillar of the pine looper moth (Bupalus piniaria), well-camouflaged as it feeds on pine needles.
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Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.
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Bark detail of a Scots pine.
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A Scots pine seed, lying on a bed of slender mouse-tail moss (Isothecium myosuroides).
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Newly-germinated Scots pine seedling, amongst acute-leaved bog-moss (Sphagnum capillifolium).
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Standing dead pines, or snags, in Glen Affric NNR.
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A rowan seedling changing colour in autumn, in the fork of a branch of a mature Scots pine.
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Pine looper moth (Bupalus piniaria) on a blaeberry plant in Glen Affric NNR.
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Buds and one year old cones of a Scots pine.
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Bark detail of a Scots pine.
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A wood ant nest beside a Scot pine in Glen Affric NNR.
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'Candling' buds and one year old cones on a Scots pine in spring.
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Branch detail of a Scots pine in autumn, showing the orange-red colour of the young bark.
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Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Strathfarrar.
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Scots pines beside the Findhorn River in autumn.
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Scots pines and birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pines and birches in fog in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine trunks and bracken in autumn.
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Scots pines and birches in autumn, Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin, Glen Affric NNR.
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Scots pine trunks and birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.
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Detail of a Scots pine, showing the orange-red colour of the upper branches.
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Scots pines beside Loch Maree, with the peak of Slioch behind.
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Bark detail of a Scots pine, with lichen and cowberry.
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Resin-covered buds of a Scots pine in early spring.
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Scots pine in Glen Affric NNR.
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Bark detail of a Scots pine.
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'Candling' buds of a Scots pine in spring.
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Newly-germinated Scots pine seedling, amongst cones on the forest floor.
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Scots pine in Glen Strathfarrar.
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Large, old Scots pines, especially multi-trunked ones like this, are affectionately known as 'Granny pines'.
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