#Dodder anyone? It's almost unknown in #Scotland but it appeared on a live basil plant we bought in the supermarket. It's a weird tendrilled parasitic plant that feeds off the host. Apparently the dodder will flower but I won't let it for fear of getting dodder seed into our soil. #botany
Look at this sexy beast! A Cormorant on the Dodder. #dodder #BirdsOfMastodon #cormorant #birdwatchireland #sigma150600
#dodder #birdsofmastodon #cormorant #birdwatchireland #Sigma150600
Stained cross-section showing dodder (Cuscuta) haustoria penetrating the stem of Chenopodium album. My favorite parasitic plant. #dodder #Cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #Convolvulaceae
#dodder #cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #convolvulaceae
Looking at me? #bluetit #dodder #irishbirdwatch #BirdsOfMastodon
#bluetit #dodder #irishbirdwatch #birdsofmastodon
[1975] Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry - Based on the children’s fantasy novel The Little Grey Men, this is the story of four of Britain’s last gnomes. Episode 2.
#OldBritishTelly #baldmoney #sneezewort #dodder #cloudberry
First time I've seen a Coal Tit in the garden! Peanut feeder seems to be the draw. Blue Tits gave it some attitude though. #coaltit #birdwatchireland #dodder
#coaltit #birdwatchireland #dodder
First time spotting a Goldcrest in the garden. No interest in the seed or peanut feeders, stuck to the bushes looking for insects. #goldcrest #BirdsOfMastodon #dodder #birdwatchireland
#goldcrest #birdsofmastodon #dodder #birdwatchireland
[1975] Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry - Based on the children’s fantasy novel The Little Grey Men, this is the story of four of Britain’s last gnomes. First episode.
#OldBritishTelly #baldmoney #sneezewort #dodder #cloudberry
This blew my mind when I figured out what it was. It's a parasitic plant called #dodder. Kind of a bummer since it's liable to screw up my gardening plans. No proper roots and almost no chlorophyll. It attaches those yellow tendrils to green plants to get nutrients. Only other parasitic flowering plant that comes to mind is #mistletoe. They were growing on goathead vines (awful plants). I've since seen them growing together elsewhere. It doesn't seem to kill them like it does other #plants.
Bluetit and Tree Rat by the Dodder. #dodder #bluetit #treerat #sigma150600
#dodder #bluetit #treerat #Sigma150600
A white-throated dipper that I met in September. The River Dodder in Dublin is an amazing place for city birding!
https://ebird.org/species/whtdip1
#dipper #merloacquaiolo #bird #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #city #river #dodder #riverdodder #dublin #ireland #sony #sonyalpha
#SonyAlpha #sony #ireland #dublin #riverdodder #dodder #river #city #birdwatching #birding #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #photography #bird #merloacquaiolo #dipper
Bluetit, gif attempt 2. #dodder #bluetit #IrishGardenBirdSurvey
#dodder #bluetit #irishgardenbirdsurvey
This morning’s #BirdsOfMastodon included three picturesque #Herons and some scenic #Cormorants (I think, tho I couldn’t check their heads to ascertain if in fact #Shags)… #GrandCanal #GrandCanalDock #Dodder
#birdsofmastodon #herons #cormorants #shags #GrandCanal #grandcanaldock #dodder
A bit after Packhorse bridge, today’s #Dodder #heron 🤗 #BirdsOfMastodon #HeronsOfMastodon #Dublin
#dodder #heron #birdsofmastodon #heronsofmastodon #dublin