"When whole landscapes are restored, thousands of hectares at a time, nature has the space to sing its own tune, rather than the one we’ve composed for it."
Well! I've been up the reservoir two days running now and SO worth it for me. Yesterday my first male Crossbills popped onto a pine nearby and today ............ a Green Woodpecker, a first for me up here and ................ a Golden Eagle! Update, it may be a young White tailed. Taaaadaaaaah! I've been looking and hoping for many many moons! #bird#birds#scottishwildlife#wildlife#backwaterreservoir#scotland#BTO#RSPB#birdphotography#photography
Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.
But Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its climate.
Small newly-emerged Common Puffballs, I think, RH one maybe 2.5cms, plus one tiny sibling. Under yews near Golf Course car park, Stirling Uni. Also, yet another turfed up specimen of The Prince. I think Crows maybe knock them over to get at the bit of stem under the ground. I’ve seen a crow carrying a piece of low stem of The Prince from this site, as if taking it back to the nest. Any views on this idea? #ScottishWildlife#FungiUK
Although it’s been pleasantly warm and sunny today, signs of autumn are all around too. Some trees showing first signs of leaves colouring from night frost, Hawthorn’s berries now fully ripe /ruby red, and bramble flowers beginning to turn pink too. #ScottishWildlife#berries#autumn
Also known as the black chanterelle, black trumpet, trompette de la mort (French), trombetta dei morti (Italian) or trumpet of the dead, djondjon (Haitian).
Fungi time of year now for sure. Struggling with ID for these, though maybe the first is Orange Grisette, see the remains of the collar at the base. But interesting colours/ forms/ patterns anyway. Things are definitely starting to look autumnal in our area, so probably there will be even more fungi soon. Near Brig o Turk today. #ScottishWildlife#FungiUK
Speckled Wood butterfly today basking on Bramble and on path edge, in cool conditions. In between times, very fast and flighty, seeking flowers but not settling on them when it found them. Among some mature broadleaf and mature conifer, near Kippenrait Glen SSSI, but outside its boundary. They seem to be extending their distribution recently in our area. #ScottishWildlife#InvertFest#butterflies