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  • Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013 /

    Look at this beautiful little orb on an oak leaf! Intriguing but certainly not innocent, it's caused by a tiny wasp - one that knows how to ride the gravy train!

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    Cockshut – lost in the shadows of twilight

    April 8, 2013

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    The wild pansy, or heartsease

    March 31, 2014
  • The Dark Green Fritillary

    November 5, 2013 /

    This lovely butterfly was seen dancing around the wild flowers on the island of Lismore in August.

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    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    The brochs of Glenelg

    March 16, 2025

    Back to the Garvellachs

    October 1, 2024
  • A festival of fungi

    November 2, 2013 /

    Encouraged by the damp autumn, these weird and wonderful fungi are having a ball in the woodlands at the moment!

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    Meadowsweet

    August 16, 2019

    The cuckoo in his mantle grey

    May 26, 2024

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015
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