Close up detail and texture seen in a spear thistle seed head with groups of seeds being blown out and distributed by the wind

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Thistledown a method of seed dispersal by wind and is also a great food for finches and small birds Goldfinches Linnets Greenfinches

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Westerham Kent England UK
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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