WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 10/10/2026#WorldMigratoryDay today. I was delighted to see a #Housemartin photobombing #Osprey (when I checked my photos later on computer). Apt photo for today’s celebration. #birds 💚👏🏻 040
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#Rose Friday. 🩷 Still attracting hoverflies! 🏴 010
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A #Dandelion ‘pompom’ loaded with gorgeous pappus/seeds, waiting for a breath of wind to carry them to new homes. 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 09/10/2026White deadnettle found flowering till December - great for late pollinators - on the river Lossie banks 💚 010
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Whooping swans resting on a loch, skeins of geese flying high, wrinkled Rowan berries and crinkled golden leaves, cooler days with autumnal sunshine has arrived big style today. 050
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#NationalBadgerDay this is one of my images of a badger cub we were monitoring due to losing their mum in an RTA. Look at those ear tufts. 3 cubs were orphaned just when they were almost weaned. With advice from experts, Hessilhead & NatureScot we monitored with supplements provided. Success 🩶🤍🖤 120
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Check out Auction for Scottish badgers via FB 1st - 9th October ends 23.00pm 011
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Who doesn’t love a #slug? Decomposers and food for others, this little one is enjoying a Scottish bramble (blackberry). I only noticed them as I was sampling some too. Look at the breathing hole fascinating so I too wee film. Enjoy. #wildlife #nature 020
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A memory popped up! During lockdown I entertained myself by making animal themed oatie biscuits. Very moreish and delish 🦡. #badger I made them several times for snacking on during badger surveys 😄 020
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tree lungwort with fruiting bodies - stunning #lichen. Delighted to spot this today covering small tree trunks near Appin. 🏴 081
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#Elderberries #Foxandcubs #Autumnal in the garden. 041
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I can harsh screech louder than you over there” 🤭 Volume up it’s great. Walking through Nethybridge woodlands - my first visit - it’s stunning. 🏴 Several #Jay #Birds communicating to each other? Could be juveniles at dispersal peak being very vocal as they move on to own territory. 080
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#WorldRiversDay is today - the last Sunday of September. Took this image of river Spey last year (I think) too beautiful not to! 150
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Findhorn Pink-footed geese in their thousands flying, foraging in fields and resting/preening on shores. #Birds Today - just magical. Welcome to Scotland for your Winter holidays. 👏🏻🏴🩷 050
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Finally! It’s Autumn and my sweet peas and lobelias are flowering 👏🏻 040
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#NationalFoxDay this bonnie #fox was watching me from the other side of River Kelvin, Glasgow. 🧡 🦊 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A beautiful ball of pine needles & other woody bits creating a Wood Ant nest in the middle of Heather. Amazing #insects 🏴 020
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mottled sedge caddies fly? Moray 🏴 Bird hide itself was amazing for spiders and insects 😊 010
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thinking Ptychoptera albimana (white-legged crane fly) Moray @scottshanks.bsky.social 130
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bramble picking! Making sure enough left for #wildlife. 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A precious 7-spot #ladybird resting on #nettles. Moray 🏴 #insect 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Oooh #Fungi fantastic we have penny bun, orange peel, woolly milk caps and chanterelles 👏🏻 180
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Cut wildflower meadow, was away for an overnight stay came back to area churned up, turns out #Jackdaws decided to weed it! Must be tasty food in there 😊 #bird 060
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Beautiful Mute #swan preening feathers at Hogganfield Loch and wetland Park #Glasgow a few years ago. Worth a visit to this 48 hectare nature reserve in an Urban setting. Circular level route round loch. #Wildlife abundant with some rarities. Close by is Frankfield Loch. #birds 041
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The friendliest Song Thrush #bird I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting! Wasn’t fussed about humans just defending their Rowan tree berries. Just beautiful 💚 150
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wonder if he’ll be back this Winter? #Smew #bird #NorthLanarkshireLoch 070
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#NationalWildlifeDay so many UK species & seasonal visitors losing habitats plus many other threats including wildlife crime, development & much more. Support your local wildlife rescue/charity/NGO 🙏🏻💚🐾 130
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dark o clock last night but 3 badger visits and several Pine Marten to get their peanut snack. My Family visited over weekend and were delighted to see both species in real life. 🖤🩶🤍🤎💛 Wee badger table due to peanuts bad for hares (high oil content). 041
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Rose Monday - spells of sunshine amongst cloud but this wee one brightens your day. 000
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Definitely first day of Autumn, approximately 30 mistle thrushes in Rowan trees. No photo too quick 🫣🤭 Looking forward to sampling #Brambles 🏴 020
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Found lots of hoof fungus over the years but not one like this! Beetle expert has suggested, bolitophagus reticulatus apparently a tree beetle that loves fungi! 💚🏴 010
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A sea of wildflowers including cornflower, poppy, yarrow and other #wildflowers. Moray 🏴 Absolute JOY! 💚 060
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Rose Wednesday - this #rose smelled divine and huge. 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 23/08/2026One of my all time favourite #caterpillars - #Fox #moth, motionless on path so safely placed in vegetation- used leaves to handle them. 🏴 040
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 23/08/2026#ScotchArgus #butterfly resting on moss covered path. 090
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 23/08/2026#FlyAgaric #Fungus looking vibrant amongst the bracken & grass. 030
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 23/08/2026#BirdCherry #gall with a #tree design. Possibly created by gall mite/wasp - looks like the tree of life. Isn’t #nature brilliant 💚 020
WildlifeJackie @willow41.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Arctic Skua on Orkney 2021. Must return soon, beautiful place. #birds 040