Alison L

Treecreepers are not always restricted to trees!😊 -side of neighbours house! @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

#teammoth followers will be interested in this lovely piece of video from John.

Beautiful !! We had our first 2 of the year this morning too - we’re north of the bridge !

Mildest night for ages here resulted in 2 x Hebrew character #moths in the trap (NFY and NFG) and a pale brindled beauty on shed behind the trap 😀 - east central Scotland #teammoth #mothsmatter

Another pic of the pale brindled beauty #moth after it changed position when the sun came out!
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Very pleased to find a pale brindled beauty #moth next to the trap this morning ! NFY and NFG as last year was not a full year of trapping . East central Scotland #teammoth

Two of my favourite Seasonal finds yesterday , female hazel tree flowers and scarlet elf cup #fungi east Scotland #wildflowerhour #fungifriday

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In the bleak midwinter at the moment weather wise , laid low with lurgy and wondering when on earth my mothing season might begin … I spot this high up in the shower .. parsnip #moth I think ! @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth

Some colourful yellow brain #fungi this morning -east Scotland #mushroommonday #fungifriends

Anyone help with what these cute #fungi are? Growing on willow I think , though unsure if it was dead or not ! - east central Scotland @naturescot.bsky.social #mushrooms @lukaslarge.bsky.social

Scarlet elf cup

Scarlet elf cup and velvet shank #fungi brightening up yesterday’s local walk - east central Scotland #mushrooms @naturescot.bsky.social #nature

My one and only encounter in Dumfries and Galloway last May !

Seeing cordyceps (scarlet caterpillar club #fungus ) a parasitic fungus of moth /butterfly pupae and larvae on #winterwatch last night reminded me of one I found a couple years ago! 😊 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Great shots!

Couple of fieldfare spent most of the day on neighbours apple tree ! Central east Scotland #birdoftheday @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Common stork’s bill at a field margin this week , east central Scotland #wildflowerhour

I’ve seen large-flowered hemp-nettle ( galeopsis speciosa) before at this vegetable field margin but never this late in the year ! East central Scotland #wildflowerhour

You weren’t in east central Scotland yesterday by any chance taking these photos after some folk thought they were baby herons ..? 😳😊

Temps dipped to below 5 deg last night so was delighted to find a December #moth NFG and mottled umber on the shed near the trap ( trap was empty!) east central Scotland #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Terrific photo! Funny , had a look for some just today in damp woods , would love to find some one day !

Yellow brain fungus

Parrot waxcaps

Yellow brain , scarlet waxcaps and parrot #waxcap #fungi today - east central Scotland #mushroommonday #fungifriends

Harebell

Fox-and-cubs

Yarrow

Red dead-nettle

Harebell just clinging on , fox-and-cubs , yarrow and red dead-nettle this week for #wildflowerhour

Crimped gill #fungi on fallen birch branch in the woods today #fungifriends #fungifriday east central Scotland

Just one chestnut #moth this morning 8/11/25! , but spotted this great diving #beetle crawling from under the shed when I checked the trap before bed! -east central Scotland #teammoth @naturescot.bsky.social #insects

Only a winter #moth and a mottled umber #moth this morning despite such mild conditions but mottled umber new to garden so well pleased ! -east central Scotland #teammoth

Willow jelly #fungus /amber jelly ( exidia recisa) I think - east central Scotland . #fungi #fungifriday

Gravestone aggregation of Firebugs in Wivenhoe New Cemetery today, a welcome splash of colour in the absence of the customary waxcaps...

Just a solitary yellow line Quaker in the trap last night - east central Scotland #teammoth

Delighted to find a couple in local old church grounds this year ! 🩷