Flora found around Turnberry
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Baby Blue Eyes Small perenial which grows next to and on the banks of Wilson's Burn. |
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Bind Weed Prolific climbing perenial, a gardeners nightmare but very pretty in the wild. |
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Black Toadstool Found next to 16th fairway 4th June 09. Turnberry boasts a large a varied selection of fungi but this is the only example of this type which I have spotted to date. |
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Buttercup Another common little perenial throughout all the rough areas. |
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Calandula |
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Clover Two varieties very common throughout the golf course, again a firm favourite with the many species of bees and butterflies to be found at Turnberry. |
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Companulla Hardy perenial which grows on the rocks next to the sea. This can withstand high winds and salty spray. |
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Daffodil Pretty little plant, plenty of these throughout spring all around the course. |
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Daisy Common little perenials found in the light rough all around the golf course. Open their petals when the weather is fine and close them when bad weather is on the way. |
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Dog Rose Very common in the rough areas of the golf course. Pretty little rose but don't get too close as they are extremely prickly. |
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Heath Orchid Rare and protected little orchid which grows in the rough on the 5th, 16th and 18th fairways. |
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Knapweed Hardy perenial, much loved by bees and butterflies. This unusually coloured bumble bee is busy collecting nectar and pollen. |
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Primrose Spring flowering perenial, used to be fairly common but now quite a rare sight. |
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Sea Kale Very common plant all along the shore front. A rich source of nectar for various species of insects. |
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Sea Thrift Abundant perenial which grows precariously on the rocks and cliff faces. |
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Vetches Bright little leguines which grow prolifically around about the 9th tee. |
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Yarrow Common perenial, much loved by the many species of hover flies to be found in the area. |
Our local expert John has been a wildlife enthusiast for over 40 years and a professional caddie at Turnberry for over 30 of those, so there can be few, if indeed anyone, who is better placed to advise on the wildlife to be found in this beautiful area of Scotland.
Not only does Turnberry boast of the finest and most scenicly spectacular golf course in the world, but also sports a vast array of fauna and flora, some of which we will display on this site. We will be updating it regularly as new material becomes available.
Questions and Answers
| On 2009-10-19 14:48:52 James asked: the pictures of the gannet you got fishing it was in the carrick caziet was it not John Answered: Yes, that's right. It was taken on a fishing trip in September and sent in to the local newspaper for their 'Carrick on Camera' competition. |
| On 2009-08-10 12:12:22 Angela asked: cool pics! so could you tell me why do they look out of focus on the main page? when they look ok after clicking the read more link A John Answered: Hi A, thats just because the images were resampled to a size of 100 x 100 pixels to keep the file sizes small, they are displayed at 150 x 150 pixels on the main page, stretching the thumbnail, but the larger images on the read more page are all 920 pixels wide which is the size they're displayed at so there is no distortion. Thanks for your interest. |
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