#river bladnoch

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Galloway, UK

‘A grasshopper from the banks of the River Bladnoch. I was taking photos of butterflies when this guy jumped into view. Rather than fleeing like most grasshoppers, it froze and peered out from behind a blade of grass.’

Photograph: Dave Boulton

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Stunning 'ice pancakes' swirl on the surface of Scottish river

Dozens of eerily perfect circles of slushy ice, known as "ice pancakes," have been floating on the surface of a Scottish river - the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Scotland - after temperatures in the U.K. unexpectedly plummeted.

(Image credit: Callum Sinclair/Scottish Invasive Species Initiative)