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Loch Awe Trilobite - image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot

Loch Awe Trilobite - image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot: The head of a trilobite from the North West Highlands. At around 525 million years old this animal was alive when North America was part of Scotland.

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Gastropod - Image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot

Gastropod - Image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot: The fossil remains of a sea snail, around 330 million years old that lived in a shallow tropical sea that covered what we know as west central Scotland.

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Fossil plant stems - image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot

Fossil plant stems - image credit Colin McFadyen / NatureScot: The fossil remains of early land plants that lived in the area that we now know as Scotland around 400 million years ago.

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Bearerraig Skye - ammonites - image credit Colin MacFadyen / NatureScot

Bearerraig Skye - ammonites - image credit Colin MacFadyen / NatureScot: 170 million year old Ammonite fossils from Skye.

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Achanarras SSSI - image credit Iain Sarjeant/NatureScot

Achanarras SSSI - image credit Iain Sarjeant/NatureScot: Achanarras Quarry in Caithness is a globally important fossil fish locality that offers an opportunity for the public to collect fossils.

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Eurasian beaver at Knapdale, Argyll ©Philip Price (one time use only in conjunction with this news release)

Eurasian beaver at Knapdale, Argyll ©Philip Price (one time use only in conjunction with this news release)

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Foraged berries and wild plants will feature across this year's Foraging Fortnight programme. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Foraged berries and wild plants will feature across this year's Foraging Fortnight programme. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

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