Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermans / Melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) flowers, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) hind in vegetation, Oostvaardersplassen, Netherlands, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / European souslik (Spermophilus citellus) watching Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia cardui) Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Meadow flowers, Fleabane (Erigeron sp) Thistle, Bearded bellfower (Campanula barbata) Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza, fuchsii) Common twayblade (Listera ovata) Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopse...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) on flowering Thistle head, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on flowering thistle (Cirsium rivulare) Poloniny National Park, East Slowakia, Europe, June 2008
Nick Upton / Stemless thistle (Cirsium acaule) flowering on south facing slope of a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Nick Upton / Stemless thistle (Cirsium acaule) flowering on south facing slope of a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Nick Upton / A Marsh fly / Snail-killing fly (Dichetophora finlandica), nationally scarce in the UK, standing on a Woolly thistle leaf (Cirsium eriophorum), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Sunfly (Helophilus pendulus) feeding on Woolly thistle flower (Cirsium eriophorum), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.
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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Tuberous thistle (Cirsium tuberosum) North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Fabrice Cahez / Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) Lozere, France, July.
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MYN / Brady Beck / Sandhill thistle (Cirsium repandum) Scotland County, North Carolina, USA, May, meetyourneighboursproject.net
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Juvenile Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) feeding on thistle seeds, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Herb rich conservation margin around farmland with thistles at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK. May 2011.
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Nick Upton / Dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) resting on Pannonic thistle leaf (Cirsium pannonicum), Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovering while feeding from thistle flower, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovering while feeding from thistle flower, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Large thistle weevil (Cleonis pigra) feeding on thistle leaves in montane pastureland, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Large thistle weevil (Cleonis pigra) feeding on thistle leaves in montane pastureland, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Stemless / Dwarf carline thistle / Silver thistle (Carlina acaulis) with single large flower bud at 1800m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Pannonic thistle (Cirsium pannonica) clump flowering in a traditional hay meadow at 1200m, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July
Nick Upton / Lesbian marbled white / Balkan marbled white butterfly (Melanarge larissa lesbina) feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum / Carduus marianum) flowering near the coast, with the sea in the background, Lesb...
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Nick Upton / A nectar-feeding species of Horse fly (Pangonius funebris), a carpenter bee mimic, using its long proboscis to forage on Milk thistle (Carduus marianus) near the coast with the sea in the background,...
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Nick Upton / Mammoth / Giant solitary wasp (Megascolia maculata maculata) female feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum / Carduus marianum) flower, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.
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MYN / Marko Masterl / Yellow thistle (Cirsium genus) close up of flowering heads, Slovenia, Europe, July. meetyourneighbours.net project
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LYNN M. STONE / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) feeding on a Spicebush swallowtail butterfly (Papilio troilus) on a thistle, Durham, Connecticut, USA, August
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LYNN M. STONE / Spicebush swallowtail butterfly (Papilio troilus) feeding on thistle plant, Durham, Connecticut, USA, August
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Alan Williams / Stoat (Mustela erminea) on look-out among rocks on hillside, North Wales, UK, June
Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) buck lying amongst thistles, lights of Roehampton Flats in background, Richmond Park, London, UK, October
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June
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Mark Bowler / Horse (Equus caballus) grazing on thistles, UK
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Steve Gettle / Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perching on fence post amid thistles, Michigan
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Ernie Janes / Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) perched on thistle down, Buckinghamshire, UK, August
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Nick Upton / Overview of Podhom village near Bled with densely forested Julian Alps in the background, thistles and umbels in the foreground, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Common golden thistle / Spanish oyster thistle (Scolymus hispanicus) with clusters of yellow flowers growing on coastal limestone hillside, Zadar province, Croatia, July.
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Nick Upton / Common golden thistle / Spanish oyster thistle (Scolymus hispanicus) with clusters of yellow flowers growing on coastal limestone hillside, Zadar province, Croatia, July.
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Nick Upton / Flower chafers (Oxythyrea funesta) mating on Scotch / Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium) flower, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Cotton / Scotch thistles (Onopordum acanthum) flowering in profusion in the National Park of Port Cros island, France, May
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Nick Upton / Cotton / Scotch thistles (Onopordum acanthum) flowering in profusion in the National Park of Port Cros island, France, May
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LYNN M. STONE / Guernsey Cows in hill pasture, among gone-to-seed thistles with Adirondack hills in background, Sharon Springs, New York, USA, October 2010
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Andy Sands / Melancholy thistles (Cirsium helenioides) growing on roadside verge, Upper Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK, June 2009
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Colin Varndell / Redpoll (Carduelis Flammea) perched on thistles in winter. Dorset, UK, January
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David Kjaer / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on thistle, Wiltshire, UK, July
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Thistle (Asteraceae) in front of the southern tip of Mani, the most southern spot on mainland Europe, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Spiny globe thistles (Echinops spinosissimus) Pachia Ammos, Crete, Greece, April 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Spiny globe thistles (Echinops spinosissimus) Pachia Ammos, Crete, Greece, April 2009
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Russell Cooper / Common Carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding on nectar from a Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) UK.
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Roger Powell / Goldfich (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on thistle head, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Alan Williams / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) on dead thistle in rough grassland, Cliffe Marshes, Kent, UK, April
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Kim Taylor / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) female taking off from Thistle, Surrey, UK. Multiple exposure
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Kim Taylor / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyonia titthonus) female, taking off from a thistle flowermultiple exposure 7 images at 20 millisecond intervals, Surrey, UK
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Europe, May 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Thistle in flower, Andalucia, Spain, April 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Thistle seed head, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, November 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Thistle seed head at sunrise, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, November 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Flowering thistle, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Moorland clouded yellow butterfly (Colias palaeno) on Thistle flower, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) on flowering Thistle head, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Moorland clouded yellow butterfly (Colias palaeno) on flowering thistle, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) flowering in a meadow, Poloniny National Park, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Thistles, Alonissos island, Greece, September 2008
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Mary McDonald / Broad-billed hummingbird {Cynanthus latirostris} hovering near thistle flowers, SW Arizona, USA.
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Andy Sands / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on thistle flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Andy Sands / Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) male on Carline thistle, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Dave Bevan / Chinese Muntjac deer (Muntiacus reevesi) amongst thistles, Bedfordshire, UK, June
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Gary K. Smith / Melancholy Thistles {Cirsium helenioides} growing in damp meadowland, Norfolk, UK, June
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Lesser Goldfinch {Carduelis psaltria} female feeding on seeds of Spiny Sow-Thistle (Sonchus asper) Hill Country, Texas, USA, April 2006
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Adrian Davies / Prickly seeds of Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) with spiderweb, UK
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Rolf Nussbaumer / American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) with winter plumage on thistle, Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. March 2003
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Shattil & Rozinski / Pine siskin {Carduelis pinus} on Thistle seedheads, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} group of males in velvet, Colorado, USA
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Jason Smalley / Farm worker digging up Thistles on organic dairy farm, UK
