Can any lichenologists confirm if this is Alpine Bloodspot (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ข) ๐ด
I'm guessing quite acidic geology up there?
๐Glenshee, Scotland
โ ๏ธ Rural payments shape 70% of Scotlandโs land โ ๏ธ
If we want healthier rivers, lower flood risk and thriving wildlife โ including beavers โ the โจSYSTEMโจ must change.
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Hazel trees have teeny pink female flowers๐ฉท and long yellowy male catkins ๐
These flowers turn into nuts in autumn if fertilised ๐ค
These come out v early spring, before other trees or leaves; these are good ID tips for trees in winter ๐ชพ
๐Mons hill
might both be common but they're still cute ๐ซถ
๐ฆ
Common lizards like dryer heath in peaty moorlands
๐ธ
Common toads like w e t
Lizards are one of 3 native reptiles in Scotland (adder, slow worm)
Toads are one of 6 native amphibians in Scotland (frog, natterjack, smooth GCN palmate)
๐Up north
Pelican's Foot โจ
Forgot I found this cutie and put it in my pocket;
my book says it's virtually absent from the east coast.
which is interesting cause I found it on the east coast ๐
๐Portobello Beach, Edinburgh
about six years ago ended up stranded on Shetland, working on a sheep farm ? ๐
got to explore puffins at Sumburgh Head (southern tip) to Unst (most northerly point)
๐Shetland Islands
BEADLET ANENOMEโค๏ธ
Very common on our rocky shores, mid to low tideย
Has a bead of blue stinging 'beads' just below its tentacles
Found all year round (but I took this video in summer)
๐Eyemouth, West Lothian
๐ชฟGoose barnacle๐ชฟ
These dark feathery bits are very distinctive: the cirri are specialised 'legs' used to filter feed.
Often found attached to rocks, ropes and even flotsam; they often wash up on the west coast of Scotland, especially after storms.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
Owls found in Scotland:
Tawny
Barn
Short-earedย
Long-earedย
Sometimes ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ gets other visitors too
Seen here are TAWNY owls ๐ฆ๐ฆ !
๐Fife
Turkey tail ๐
Salmon egg slime mould ๐งก
Velvet shank ๐ค
Porcelain ๐ค
๐Roslin Glen, Midlothian
Did not know pine marten could climb trees ๐ต
๐ a forest in Fife
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A sea potato!!๐ฅ
(aka heart urchins)๐ฉท
When alive, it's covered in spiny bristles, making it look 'furry'
(this is it's empty shell)
They are echinoderms (same group as starfish, urchins & sea cucumbers)
Found around UK & Irish coasts
๐County Donegal, Ireland
A series of scallops
๐all over
sleepy voleย
a field vole (greyer, smaller ears and shorter tails than the chestnut-brown bank vole) but hard to tell from a quick photo
but the vole seemed very lethargic and still...
I hope it managed to hide again
๐can't remember tbh
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ground nesting european robins (found by my colleague Lewis, way back in May) โค๏ธ
They grow their characteristic red feathers in late summer, around three months old.
The spring after their birth, they are considered mature, and will establish their own territories to begin breeding.
๐West Lothians
Sulphur tuft ๐๐ค
Common, non-edible and can be used as a dye to provide a light lemon yellow shade.
They also glow when viewed under a UV light!
๐Fife, Scotland
Few people have enough land to restore natural processes without intervention. While rewilding is about stepping back and letting nature take over, renaturing acknowledges our role in assisting ecological processes along.
porcelain fungus ๐ค
grows on beech deadwood
edible (once you wash off the slime that makes it so glossy and cute)
๐Ravelston woods, Edinburgh
good camera vs my phone (beaver)
good camera vs my phone (badger)
2025 been good so far seeing my first ๐ฆซ and ๐ฆก in the flesh!!
However I do not possess the good camera๐ญ Credits go to Katie and Jackie ยฉ๏ธ๐ธ
๐Tayside and Scottish Borders, Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
No idea what mushroom this is
But I love it โจ๐
๐Stanley, Perthshire
Tayside, yes!
Orange Bolete (Leccinum aurantiacum)
Often found under oaks but also under aspen, poplar, birch or beech trees.
EDIBLE
(but obvs don't eat if you haven't done all the checks)
Lots of other fun weird things in this park (a maze, trains, trolls etc)
๐Oakfield Park, Donegal (IRELAND๐ฎ๐ช!)
Bistort
Goat's beard / Yellow salsify
Broom (peapod)
Corn spurrey
๐Tain, Scotland
Red admiral (open vs closed) โค๏ธ๐ซ
Devil's-bit scabious (pink vs purple)๐ฉท๐
๐ Thurso, Scotland
White melilot
Common toadflax
Ox-eye daisy
Mugwort
๐the canal that runs through Maryhill, Glasgow
Harebell ๐ซ
Quaking grass ๐ฉท
Flowering sundewโ
Marsh lousewort ๐ฟ
๐Ben Lawers, middle of Scotland
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๐Soutar Theatre, York Place, Perth
STAY after for a discussion panel of experts Q&A.
Admission is FREE
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In Scotland you get three newt species:
smooth
palmate
and great crested
these here are likely palmate
smooth and palmate can be easily confused due to similar size and markings
but male palmates have blackened, webbed hind feet during breeding season!
๐Dingwall, Highlands
