We had gorgeous weather at Bunnahabhain and enjoyed fantastic views all round. Amongst our sightings were Green Tiger Beetle, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Small Heath Butterfly and this thistle, which I think is a Marsh Thistle. This lovely spider was making its home in its spiny leaves.
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Definitely a Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, while, assuming the spider had a large web, then it is one of the Aranidae family but I don't know which species.
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