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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Big Butterfly Count starts today for the 2026 season. Yesterdays recce ! 🦋@Butterfly Conservation.

Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Birds love Cemeteries, they offer ideal breeding and foraging habitat in mature shrubs and trees. @btoscotland.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social Greenspaces@BTO is a simple relaxed platform for recording bird sightings until end of June breeding season.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Greenfinch was lovely to hear calling in the local cemetery

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Signed up today and undertook my first survey 😃

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Very well deserved, superb literature and relevant links. Congratulations Graham. 🍾

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Early bloom of Winter Aconite yesterday Angus Scotland and a bright common Orange Lichen on my stranding today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Xanthoria parientina > Common Orange Lichen > on Horse chestnut Tree. X5 zoom.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Interesting find on another WinBS survey with a colleague today Join the fun at BTO BBS WinBS Birds, wildlife exercise and health benefits @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Winter bird Survey generates interesting comparisons of species and abundance using Spring Breeding bird habitat. @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social fewer birds differing species. Join in the fun at BTO WinBS.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Sadly found this dead Mole however look at those front feet. Large and powerful particularly compared the the rear set. @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @foragingecology.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Well done David, the difficulty is significant for many, great your raising the profile and understanding. Happy birding.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

What I think is a Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) on my cycling cap near Steenwijk Netherlands. ?

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Thank you, I was sure you would likely know. Once home I will check my book. I was hopeful the red was a common darter but may have been a variation. The Emerald was stunning. Many thanks.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Can someone please advise ID if these damsel fly. Observed today at Steenwijk Netherlands. Thank you. @maryvanderes.bsky.social ?

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

It was a pleasure and is not unusual disturbance on that stretch of coast which maintains consistency. I do however often wonder how good it would be without 🤞 And when it is, it is usually appalling weather 🤷‍♂️

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Circa 300 Sandwich tern on yesterdays WeBS count. Walkers are a constant disturbance causing the birds to move around. @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

Sandwich terns and gulls lift as walkers approach. WeBS count.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

We set up an experimental ‘lure’ producing a pheromone hoping to attract Six Spot Burnet moth in a grassland habitat hosting a few Ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea) plants. Pleased that within ten minutes it had two. 😃 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

😂🤣🤣 you just have to love autocorrect 🙄

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Tormentil (Potentilla fruticosa) and Sneezewort (Achilles ptarmigan) from a grassland habitat and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) and Bog Cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium) from an upland habitat. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Searching for Northern Brown Argus eggs on their food plant Rockrose with reasonable success in east Perthshire. A good day for several species, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Grayling, Small Heath, Red Admiral, Ringlet and several damselflies. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Three eggs on one leaf contrary to most guide books. The leaves are approx 10-15mm long and the eggs approx 1 mm diameter.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Interesting variation of habitat

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Same trip around 150 Red Deer stags and Mountain Hare also

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

A few pics from my mountain foray yesterday

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Nice clump of St John’s Wort as Ringlet flutter in the adjacent grasses on this fine morning. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Healthy looking Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) spotted in its search for nectar.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Nice very illusive birds, heard more often than seen.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus) located on a coastal path yesterday. Interestingly adults change colour later in the season.

Notice the bright tail-end membrane.
Piezodorus lituratus

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Upland plants: Starry saxifrage from Glen doll.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Upland plants: Starry saxifrage from Glen doll.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Rewards for effort. Female Ptarmigan incubating in a boulderfield. RSPB Montane Survey. @rspbscotland.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

Female Ptarmigan incubating. RSPB Montane Survey.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A few plants from East Cairngorms. Thyme, Cranesbill and Bistort. Several Red tailed Bumblebees around on the Bell heather. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Small copper and a Speckled Wood from Morton Loch today. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Sad to hear and hopefully they can recover next year. Here in East Scotland our Peregrine numbers crashed last year due mainly to HOAI in diet with virtually zero nesting, it’s encouraging that we have around fifteen successful nests this year averaging broods of three pulli. Fingers crossed for u

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Dryads saddle on a Horse chestnut tree. Grown in the space of three days. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Life doesn’t get much better, bird surveying in tranquility @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

First of the second visits undertaken on an arable coastal square for @btoscotland.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social great to see several whitethroat and numerous Skylark together with Dunnock, Linnet, corn bunting and several others.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy birthday Sir David Attenborough If only governments around the world would listen to you and take notice …. as man continues to destroy our planet. Financial gain over life forms ! @wwf.eu @ukparliament.parliament.uk @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I come across it on hillwalks, much smaller specimens admittedly.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It’s a wonderful survey to participate in. I survey three Upland Rover Squares all within ten miles of each other and they all produce different birds, wrens to eagles, a few mammals and upland flowers with the occasional butterfly too. Great exercise and tranquility. Not always the best weather !!

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It’s great despite their demise, let’s hope it’s a positive sign ….. less chemi - kills !

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Great work Sorrel well done ✅

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thanks, Indeed and it was a great day.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I’ve been surveying this square for @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social For several years now. This is undoubtedly the lowest count ever. Only three species, Red Grouse, Meadow Pipit and Two Raven. Water table very low T least the burn is running.

Burn very low but still reasonable water volume.

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Finally managed to snap an Orangetip ( I phone limitations !!)

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Ron Lawie @rlaquila.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Green Alkanet, Bugke and more Carder bees. Several Green Viened White and a couple of Orange tip butterflies out in the warm weather.

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