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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Conifer Mazegill 🧡 Bracket family Grows on coniferous deadwood Causes cubical brown rot Is cool 📍 Campeltown

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"The common sexton beetle is one of several burying beetle species in the UK. An undertaker of the animal world, it buries dead animals like mice and birds, and feeds and breeds on the corpses." www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp... 📍Argyle peninsula, near Campeltoon

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

easy to remember a ✨peacock butterfly✨ got dem big 🧿 eyes 🧿 📍West Lothian

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you're walking along a mammal path, 🐾 you may spot some foraging signs 👀 If you find some discarded paper wasps nest, 🐝 you may be close to a live vespiary (badgers sniff and dig these out!) 🦡 Learn to follow the clues! 🔎🔎🐾🤔 💭💭 📍Peebles, Borders

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🐛 bug type pokémon 🐛 spotted when oot n aboot on heathlands and boggy peaty areas up north Emperor moth 💚 - UK's only native silkmoth, big boi Northern eggar 🤎 - south of UK has a different variety, oak eggar; it's the same species/subspecies Fox moth 🧡 - a first moult/instar? 📍Inverness ish

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Poplar hawk-moth! 🤎 It looks like dead leaves (camouflage) and can flash the reddish colours on their underwings as a warning...!! Larvae feed on poplars, aspen and willows One of our biggest and most common moths (tho I never seen one before) 📍Portobello, Edinburgh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sheep's bit scabious 💙 Wood sage 💚 Corn Spurrey 🤍 Slender St John's Wort 💛 📍Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🩷 common & heath spotted orchids 🤍 arctic starflower/ chickweed wintergreen 🧡 fox-and-cubs 💜 bush vetch the starflower is an ancient woodland indicator, reflecting an area of stable woodland that has been left intact for centuries (here was birch and pine mixed area) 📍 Bamff, Perthshire

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Purple milkvetch 💜 Sea thrift 🩷 Sea campion 🤍 Birdsfoot trefoil 💛 📍St abbs heed

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Pendulous sedge 🌱 grows in wet (or ancient) woodlands as well as riverbanks (can be a garden escapee too...) SEEDS ARE EDIBLE! LEAVES CAN TWISTED INTO ROPE! also a good name for a band but not great if you have hayfever 📍water of leith

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Bleedin eck!! Never seen a Cinnabar Moth ever in my life Then see two in one day ?! ❤️ Their caterpillars love Ragwort (found on wastelands, field margins, cyclepaths etc) but I never thought theyd exist in urban areas 🤦‍♀️🙃 📍pizza place under the apartment, Edinburgh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

After a bit of consultation and help from a rock pool guy Most likely dead man's fingers .... a type of soft coral (not the fungus!!) This coral is a colony of individual animals called polyps, living in a gelatinous skeleton Alcyonium digitatum 📍Cramond beach, Edinburgh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

💙 Ground ivy (used to bitter beer before hops) 💜 Red dead-nettle (dead-nettles don't sting) 💛 Crosswort (part of bedstraw family) 💚 Dog's mercury (grows in ancient or broadleaf woodland) I found all of these in woodland or roadside verges on a managed estate. 📍Dalmeny Estate, South Queensferry

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Petalody is a phenomenon where floral organs, usually stamens, turn into petal-like structures, often creating 'double' flowers. This can happen in daffodils (𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴), roses, peonies 🌹🌸🌼 It's a common genetic mutation, but can also develop during environmental stress. 📍 where púca dog poops

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Carline thistle 💛🌼 A new one to me Coastal in Scotland; found on sand dunes, lime/alkali grasslands and dry sunny areas. When it flowers, they look different - like dead daisy heads? Never seen that before. Will have to come back later 😎 📍 Auchmithie

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

King Alfred's cakes, also known as cramp balls, are an inedible fungi 🟤 They feel hard and look like lumps of coal; pinkish brown when young, darkerening as they age ⚫ Found on decaying wood, beech or ash 🪾 Some creatures make their home inside! 🐛 Good for tinder too... 🔥🔥🔥 📍Stirlingshire

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

⚪ Snowdrops 🔵 Squills 🟣 Crocus 🟡 Winter Aconite The four horsemen of impending spring 😍 📍very muddy Water of Leith, Edinburgh

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Takes two minutes to pledge: www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/take-action/... Please support reform of Scotland’s agricultural payments to RESTORE healthy river catchments, reduce flood risk and enable responsible coexistence with beavers. MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT #HOLYROOD2026

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

ADD YOUR VOICE (✨TAKES TWO MINUTES✨): www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/take-action/... In the first week 59 people have emailed their Holyrood candidates about restoring Scotland’s rivers and supporting coexistence with beavers — 1,412 emails in total, across all 8 electoral regions.

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Can any lichenologists confirm if this is Alpine Bloodspot (𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘢) 🔴 I'm guessing quite acidic geology up there? 📍Glenshee, Scotland

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

⚠️ Rural payments shape 70% of Scotland’s land ⚠️ If we want healthier rivers, lower flood risk and thriving wildlife — including beavers — the ✨SYSTEM✨ must change. Email your MSP candidates: www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/take-action/...

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Make rural payments work for nature

Reform rural payments. Restore Scotland’s rivers. Enable coexistence with beavers. Email your Holyrood candidates.

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Hazel trees have teeny pink female flowers🩷 and long yellowy male catkins 💛 These flowers turn into nuts in autumn if fertilised 🤎 These come out v early spring, before other trees or leaves; these are good ID tips for trees in winter 🪾 📍Mons hill

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

might both be common but they're still cute 🫶 🦎 Common lizards like dryer heath in peaty moorlands 🐸 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) 📍Up north

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Pelican's Foot ✨ 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 😅 📍Portobello Beach, Edinburgh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

about six years ago ended up stranded on Shetland, working on a sheep farm ? 🐑 got to explore puffins at Sumburgh Head (southern tip) to Unst (most northerly point) 📍Shetland Islands

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

BEADLET ANENOME❤️ Very common on our rocky shores, mid to low tide Has a bead of blue stinging 'beads' just below its tentacles Found all year round (but I took this video in summer) 📍Eyemouth, West Lothian

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🪿Goose barnacle🪿 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...

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Owls found in Scotland: Tawny Barn Short-eared Long-eared Sometimes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 gets other visitors too Seen here are TAWNY owls 🦉🦉 ! 📍Fife

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Turkey tail 💙 Salmon egg slime mould 🧡 Velvet shank 🤎 Porcelain 🤍 📍Roslin Glen, Midlothian

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Did not know pine marten could climb trees 😵 📍 a forest in Fife

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A sea potato!!🥔 (aka heart urchins)🩷 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 📍County Donegal, Ireland

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

sleepy vole 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 📍can't remember tbh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Ground nesting european robins (found by my colleague Lewis, way back in May) ❤️ 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. 📍West Lothians

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Sulphur tuft 💛🖤 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! 📍Fife, Scotland

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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.

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

porcelain fungus 🤍 grows on beech deadwood edible (once you wash off the slime that makes it so glossy and cute) 📍Ravelston woods, Edinburgh

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

good camera vs my phone (beaver) good camera vs my phone (badger) 2025 been good so far seeing my first 🦫 and 🦡 in the flesh!! However I do not possess the good camera😭 Credits go to Katie and Jackie ©️📸 📍Tayside and Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

No idea what mushroom this is But I love it ✨🌚 📍Stanley, Perthshire

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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) 📍Oakfield Park, Donegal (IRELAND🇮🇪!)

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Bistort Goat's beard / Yellow salsify Broom (peapod) Corn spurrey 📍Tain, Scotland

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Red admiral (open vs closed) ❤️🫐 Devil's-bit scabious (pink vs purple)🩷🍇 📍 Thurso, Scotland

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

White melilot Common toadflax Ox-eye daisy Mugwort 📍the canal that runs through Maryhill, Glasgow

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Harebell 🫟 Quaking grass 🩷 Flowering sundew❗ Marsh lousewort 🌿 📍Ben Lawers, middle of Scotland

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

✨Last chance to book tickets!✨ 🦫Beaver Trust production "Balancing the Scales" 📽️ THIS FRIDAY 25 July, 7.00 pm (start 7.30pm) 📍Soutar Theatre, York Place, Perth STAY after for a discussion panel of experts Q&A. Admission is FREE (donations welcome) BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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! 📍Dingwall, Highlands

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Scottish Ecologist @scottishecologist.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

v i s i t o r s 🌿 How many creatures can you name? 👀 📍Fife, Scotland

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