Oban - Coll ferry today:
3 storm petrels
2 white tailed eagles
3 Manx shearwaters
1 great northern diver
12 barnacle geese
4 eiders
Plenty of auks, gannets and kittiwakes as well
#BirdingScotland
Oban - Coll ferry today:
3 storm petrels
2 white tailed eagles
3 Manx shearwaters
1 great northern diver
12 barnacle geese
4 eiders
Plenty of auks, gannets and kittiwakes as well
#BirdingScotland
Precious moment in the fleeting Wivenhoe sun this morning of a pair of German Wasps snatching an intimate moment... Really brought home the size difference. This is peak wasp mating time, with the male destined to die soon; the newly mated queens being the only ones to overwinter #criticalmoment
07.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 25 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
A tired looking Pale-bellied Brent goose on Torastan, #isleofcoll this evening. Lots of turnstones and ringed plovers and one curlew also.
#BirdingScotland
After a fortnight on the wonderful and wild #isleofmull for @naturetrek.bsky.social what should I find in urban Glasgow but two fine Broad-leaved Helleborines on a patch of roadside wasteland - not such a waste after all!
24.06.2025 19:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A fabulous day for orchids with @naturetrek.bsky.social on the #isleofmull. Seven species at one sight including these gorgeous Northern Marshes and Greater Butterflies. Even an Orchid Beetle came to join the fun. Can you guess what’s going on in the last photo?
11.06.2025 23:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sarah persuaded me not to bring this. Could have been a different week for our @naturetrek.bsky.social clients! Forget the eagles everyone, let’s go and identify some brambles!!
09.06.2025 18:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Heading up to Glasgow for the start of a fortnight guiding for @naturetrek.bsky.social on the lovely #IsleofMull. A recent recce revealed lots of cracking locations and great wildlife: Sword-leaved Helleborine and Marsh Fragrant Orchid anyone? A few snaps to follow over the next two weeks…
09.06.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’m a bit late to the party but here’s a complete one - washed up on an Isle of Coll beach in the Hebrides. I understand that it is a shrimping bait pot. This one is dated 2005… #isleofcoll
18.05.2025 16:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A plump, blue-black oil beetle on sand and dry grasses stems.
A fat, black and orange caterpillar is curled into a ring on dead grass stems
Green, heart-shaped burdock leaves are poking through bare sand
Fabulous walk today with a lovely family on #isleofcoll. Delights at every turn: dandelion and burdock provided a pleasing juxtaposition; clambering Mossy Saxifrage played host to a fat Drinker moth caterpillar; and the local celebrity/rarity the Short-necked Oil Beetle even put in a turn.
16.04.2025 17:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0