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Forests, hills, bogs, boreo-temperate-oceanic stuff & everything in them (incl people). Ecologist. Tweets definitely my own.

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Gus Routledge

6 months

In case you missed it, @MossyEarth posted the first video about the #MountainBirchProject just over a week ago, where I take Rob out into the hills to do some seed collection & introduce this project that they're funding & I'm leading for @ReforestingScot .

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Our Search for Scotland´s Lost Highland Trees

We're searching Scotlands Highlands to find and bring back a rare habitat, Mountain Birch.🌾 To support our work you can become a member here: https://mossy....

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Gus Routledge

3 years

For those who want to see but have not yet seen Scottish primrose (Primula scotica), this is how small it is.

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5 years

My mum’s just the best. Shouted to me yesterday to tell me there was a Leafcutter Bee in the back garden. Probably the busiest bee I’ve ever seen! @vikingoptical

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3 years

Bit ticky.

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2 years

Temperate rainforests can be every bit as magical & green as their tropical counterparts. #ScotlandsRainforest

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Found this gate today that sounds like some kind of tribal war trumpet when opened & an electric guitar when closed.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Was slowly making my way through the woods this afternoon when I felt the eyes of a dark figure.

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3 months

Enjoyed watching a small group of common crossbills meticulously working their way through the spruce cones a few days ago.

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Awesome to see the march of the pines up Meall a'Bhuachaille in the Cairngorms. Not long (relatively) before a continuous, natural ecosystem from lochside to mountain top will exist here. More of this please! #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Staggering number of young trees to be seen down Glen Feshie; pine, birch, rowan, willow, some aspen, as well as lots of juniper. Here's just a few of them. A landscape that's been put into recovery mode for the benefit of nature & people. Lifts the spirits. #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

6 years

A week & a half ago I was lucky enough to see a Minke Whale fully breaching three times in the Firth of Forth only a few hundred metres off the Isle of May... AND I got a photo! Words fail me. Incredible.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

3 weeks ago I saw this apparent ditching in deep peat near Ullapool on @ForestryLS ground. Decided not to tweet & instead contact them direct to enquire what was going on. Was told the area manager would be in touch & they haven't been. So, what's going on here? @MairiMcAllan

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Can’t quite believe I saw a Scottish Wildcat (probably some hybridness there) on my drive from Aviemore to Aberdeen. Surreal. Speechless. It was right by my car when I pulled over then slinked off down the road. @vikingoptical

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Gus Routledge

7 years

Ash, Rowan, Aspen, Sessile Oak, Bird Cherry, Silver Birch, Goat Willow, Elder, Alder & Hazel from Dinnet Oakwood today 🍂

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Occupational hazard for anyone working outdoors in the NW Highlands: The Highland Midge (Culicoides impunctatus). Got to admire their relentlessness, albeit from the safety of a midge net. @vikingoptical

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3 years

Nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of alder (Alnus glutinosa) formed by the bacterium Frankia alni that lives in symbiosis with the tree.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Don't think I'll ever grow bored of the complex diversity to be found within all aspects of our native Caledonian pine forest.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Scotland’s high-altitude birchwoods are lost, but there’s still a chance that mountain birch is lingering in the Scottish Highlands. We need your help to find these specially adapted trees!

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1 year

Just so people know, peatland erosion as we see it in Scotland (hagging, gullying, cliffs, etc.) is *NOT* a natural process. Its common occurrence in the UK is unique in an international context. The causes are anthropogenic. 1/

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Gus Routledge

6 years

Wych Elm, Ash, Hazel, Hawthorn, Alder, Aspen, Rowan, Gean, Scots Pine, Juniper, Holly, Silver Birch, Downy Birch, Sessile Oak, Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Elder & Bird Cherry all from woodlands in Deeside over the weekend 🍂

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Gus Routledge

7 years

Found this cluster of huge Shaggy Inkcaps, Coprinus comatus yesterday. Absolutely massive things & there was 180 of them!

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Managed to get my purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) fix after a wee post-work trip down the road from where I was working on Skye. STUNNINGGGGG. #wildflowerhour

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Can't find @Alexander_Lees ' original tweet of this graphic but credit to him. Such a simple yet striking illustration of the sort of ecological diversity that many upland areas in the UK could support provided landscapes are ecologically restored. #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

2 years

I spent some time in Orkney over Christmas, and couldn't really turn down the opportunity to visit Scotland's most northerly native woodland remnant, on the isle of Hoy. So off we went with the whole ferry to ourselves early in the morning... 🧵1/ #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Found myself a snow tunnel whilst working today. Lunch break well spent.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Something I’ve been sort of afraid to say out loud for fear of being shot down: "If we save the climate but we lose nature that's still an unliveable planet." Nature needs to be able to adapt to save itself & tree planting doesn’t allow for adaptation.

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Climate change: Corporate mass tree planting 'damaging' nature

The loss of biodiversity from tree planting schemes could be more harmful than climate change.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

A staggeringly huge oak, buried in a blanket of Sitka spruce some time ago. A bit of halo-thinning has maybe saved bits, but this site needs proper full-on PAWS restoration. Not just felling the plantation & leaving it, we need proper landscape-scale ecosystem management.

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Gus Routledge

1 year

This immature white-tailed eagle stood out like a sore thumb as it was chased by a pair of ravens over the hills on the south side of the Dornoch Firth earlier today. First one I've seen in this part of the country.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

The wood of alder (Alnus glutinosa) freshly exposed by the weight of the snow that snapped this trunk. Wood is a pretty amazing thing, really. Especially considering how small the seed is that this tree grew from.

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Gus Routledge

5 years

LIVE FROM THE BACK GARDEN: (and it doesn’t get much better than this) Hummingbird Hawkmoth on mum’s Sweet Pea. What a moth! @vikingoptical @BC_Scotland @BCeastscotland @BuglifeScotland

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Pleurozium schreberi, Scleropodium purum, Thuidium tamariscinum, Ptilium crista-castrensis, Hylocomiastrum umbratum, Hylocomium splendens, Rhytidiadelphus loreus.

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Gus Routledge

4 months

I've been out on the Isle of Rùm removing Rhododendron ponticum from a relatively isolated spot. Made a good dent in it but got another 18 days coming up for levering & mulching the life out of them!

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Gus Routledge

3 years

What a mess. Love it.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Finally, after years of keeping an eye out, I found horn stalkball (Onygena equina), a fungus that specifically grows on the keratin of putrefying horns & hooves.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Pleurozium schreberi, Scleropodium purum, Hylocomium splendens, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Was working in Abernethy this past week. What a place. Fully on the right track for becoming a functional forest ecosystem from what I saw. Overwhelming amount of tree cover for a place in Scotland, with more on the way. Lifts the spirits! #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

6 months

Yesterday I visited the magnificent, several-hundred-year-old (maybe thousand-year-old) Great Fraser Yew by Loch Ness & had a fantastic time beneath its canopy. What a thing it is. 1/

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) is lookin' goooooooodd. An stunning member of an assemblage of boreal coastline plants seen just north of Aberdeen this week. #wildflowerhour

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Visited a site in Moray where I thought I'd be in with a chance of seeing a dozen or so bird's-nest orchids (Neottia nidus-avis). End count? 149 of these saprophytic oddities.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

The fence effect.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Just back from a wee foray into the vast boggy plains of the Flow Country where I became acquainted with the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum. Easy not to miss flowers in winter when this stuff's out there to be gawked at!

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Pretty incredible to think that some of Scotland's Atlantic hazelwoods, as one of the first trees to colonise after the last glaciation, could have persisted on the same bits of ground for the past 9500 years. So important to protect these ancient habitats. #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Standing open water > emergent vegetation > fringing marsh > bog-myrtle scrub > willow-birch carr > Scots pine woodland. #ecology

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Just a friendly reminder to check for ticks if you’ve been out in long vegetation. I had to remove 11 the other day, most being absolutely tiny. Haven’t found any from yesterday which surprises me given how many I saw.

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4 years

‘The Fence Effect.’ How much more obvious could it be? #ThinkLikeAMountain

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Gus Routledge

1 year

Spotted a small flash of purple as I descended this hillside yesterday, a few plants of purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) just about in flower... A bit of searching nearby & I found an early bloomer! #wildflowerhour

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Majestic Caledonian Scots Pine woodland has managed to hold firm against the test of time on this island. The rest of the landscape is another story, but the pieces are still here waiting to be allowed to cover lost ground. #SBPnextgen #ThinkLikeAMountain #wildtrees

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Temperate rainforest on the Inner Hebrides consisting of sessile oak, downy birch, hazel & others. Such magical places, chock full of greenliness.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Found another new coralroot orchid (Corallorhiza trifida) site in mid-June but this one was the first record for Wester Ross since 1772! That 18th century record was the first British record of this species😱 More info in @N_T_S 's press release:

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Probably one of my favourite individual trees on the planet: a Scots Pine that I've sat under/within in all sorts of weather. The altitude it grows at (350m) isn't that high but the exposure at the top of this hill has ensured it's all twisted & interesting.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Nice old juniper (Juniperus communis).

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Yesterday as I was photographing these greater butterfly orchids (Platanthera chlorantha) at the roadside a guy pulled over specifically because he wanted to know what species the orchids were. Proper wildflower meadows are inspiring things. #NationalMeadowsDay .

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Hello, handsome.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

There they go, saving everybody from those pesky, evil, wildflower-covered road verges that are just an accident waiting to happen. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against the individuals, it's the unfathomably unnecessary practice of destruction that I detest. @ARL_AWPR

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3 years

I'm very pleased to be able to say I'm officially a trustee of @ScotlandTBP , a charity seeking to return abundance & diversity to Scotland for nature & people to enjoy & thrive from. Please consider donating to help us achieve this: #SBPNextGen

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Never-before-tweeted for #wildflowerhour : the rare, arctic-alpine Blue Heath (Phyllodoce caerulea) from the Highlands. Being 'chionophilous' (snow-loving), this plant has an uncertain future in Scotland's changing climate where it relies on sites with late snow-lie.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Aspen (Populus tremula) leaves quaking in the wind. Supposedly this is the tree communicating with the next world, according to the Celts.

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1 year

A young, stunted, bonsai-esque Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) on a lowland raised bog. Beautiful.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

A month or so ago I found the most northerly Scottish coralroot orchids (Corallorhiza trifida) recorded since the 1970s, at a new site too!

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Gus Routledge

1 year

Scottish primrose (Primula scotica) at a classic site in Orkney. A surprisingly productive, ad hoc, (very) late evening wander in the drivv. #wildflowerhour

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Gus Routledge

3 years

This bit of #ScottishRainforest by Loch Ness was still looking fantastic despite us being firmly into autumn. Still green and, as always, very lush and damp.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Atlantic hazel left, Atlantic oak right. Moss all over.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

A highlight of yesterday’s fieldwork. I’m not looking at birds but it’s difficult to ignore 3 golden eagles that are close enough for you to actually hear them calling to each other.

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Gus Routledge

8 months

Tasked with finding Irish lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) on this SSSI, no sign of any at any of the previously recorded locations, but effort paid off with this one that I somehow spotted submerged at the edge of a loch at a new location on the site!

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Gus Routledge

6 years

Stonking. There is no word that better describes this bird. A very successful trip out from Buckie to see the wintering White-billed Divers in the Moray Firth on Saturday, most of which were in near pristine breeding plumage.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

denticulatum, magellanicum, papillosum, capillifolium, cuspidatum.

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Counted 156 bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) at this spot where only a dozen or so had been counted previously. As well as being Europe’s smallest orchid, it’s one of very few with the flowers the right way up, most (all?) the others twist so the labellum is at the bottom.

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4 years

Bullfinch in birches. Love these birds, especially coming across them in Scotland's northern woodlands. They make the place feel more boreal.

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1 year

Lots of ptarmigan, in fact the most I've ever come across, at work yesterday. Some moulting into their winter get-up. It did feel pretty chilly up there.

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4 years

Some proper ‘knieholz’ Scots pine in the Cairngorms. Don’t think there’s anywhere else to see a pine of this form in this environment of this age in Scotland. @CairngormsCo #ThinkLikeAMountain

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4 years

Really pleased to capture this bit of ecology in @CairngormsCo area. Bearberry shares ectomycorrhizal partners with pine & birch so can be a good place to establish upland woodland. Here's foxy bolete (Leccinum vulpinum) which is host specific to bearberry & pine.

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2 years

You know you're in the west when you're finding plants growing on plants growing on plants growing on plants! Microlejeunea ulicina (aka fairy beads) on Frullania dilatata on Metzgeria furcata on sessile oak.

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4 years

It was a pleasure to watch this family of Parrot Crossbills (3 juvs) yesterday. If I were to judge from the Commons, I'd guess Parrots have had a good year too. Confirmed on call as well as LOOK AT THAT MASSIVE BEAK.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Islay. Eagles & geese. And whisky.

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2 years

Unlike many of Scotland's rare arctic-alpines that can be found in relative abundance in other parts of the world, Norwegian mugwort (Artemisia norvegica) is rare globally, only being found on a few hills in Scotland, some in Norway & in the northern Urals. #wildflowerhour

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4 years

The structural variability in the individual trees of the Atlantic oakwoods is so pleasing.

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3 years

The issue with stating that Scotland's planting success has put a stop to centuries of deforestation is that we didn't lose plantations through deforestation. We lost ecosystems that were vital to sustaining a healthy landscape, which we can't remedy through tree planting. #COP26

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6 years

Here it is! My main target whilst on the Trotternish Ridge of Skye: Iceland-purslane, Koenigia islandica. With only 2 sites in the UK, this ice-age relic clings on in places where other plants can't due to frost heave in the basalt gravel. #wildflowerhour

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2 years

I'm late for #wildflowerhour but can't miss out on sharing this display of snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) in the policy woods by Bridgend on Islay. Best display of them I've seen!

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2 years

Tourists blissfully unaware of the sword-leaved splendour they’re driving past in the Scottish Highlands. Cephalanthera longifolia. #wildflowerhour

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4 years

Preeeeetty sure this is Blood-spot Lichen (Ophioparma ventosa) unless there's a similar species that I'm not aware of. A very striking lichen of the uplands.

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4 years

I was really pleased to find this Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) at a local site that I’ve been suspecting it could be present. Not been recorded there before. #wildflowerhour

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2 years

"Mummy, what's that man doing lying next to the road in front of his car?" #wildflowerhour

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5 years

Had a terrific time wandering about Glen Quoich on @MarLodgeNTS Estate with a massive cheesy grin on Saturday. The resurgence of a Caledonian pinewood, a pristine River Dee & the mountains of Lochnagar: THIS should be the stereotypical Scottish landscape! #ThinkLikeAMountain

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4 years

Here's a massive, ancient holly (Ilex aquifolium) in a northern oceanic birkwood from Sutherland & a muscular limb. Something different amongst the many unpalatable birches. Selective browsing often prevents trees such as holly from establishing in Scotland's birkwoods.

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6 years

What better way to start a Sunday morning than A BARN OWL IN THE BACK GARDEN! I've spent a god bit of time wandering the brownfield sites nearby at dusk hoping for good views but could never have asked for views like this!

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5 years

A wee comparison between what much of the Scottish uplands (especially south of the Highlands) look like & what we have very little of. The potential is there, we just need to start the process, sooner rather than later! #ThinkLikeAMountain

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2 years

Something I've heard said is that our purple moor-grass dominated habitats would stay as just that if we removed grazing. Ignoring the planted birches & willows, this sward is now reverting to a heath with heather & blaeberry re-establishing after removal of grazing at Carrifran.

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Just taken the dogs out for a walk at the site of the June 2023 wildfire just south of Inverness & found the seldom-recorded stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria). Lovely wee thing that turns up to help decompose burnt matter after a forest fire. #fungi

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3 years

Autumnal lemon-scented fern (Oreopteris limbosperma) can be found dotted along the allts of the Highlands at the moment. Flame-like 🔥

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Some woodscapes from the other day around Easter Ross.

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Some proper arctic conditions up the White Mounth munros yesterday! -22 degree C wind chill according to a fellow hillwalker’s thermometer! Braw. And raw. And brrrrr. @walkhighlands

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Added something pretty non-standard to my peat probing kit on today’s survey, 12km from the nearest bit of saltwater.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Behold… part of last night’s dinner.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Recently realised something. When I'm harping on about natural regeneration being a preferable means of establishment of native woodland the conversation often ends up being focused on trees. I'm not just talking about trees though; you can't plant an ecosystem. #wildtrees

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Gus Routledge

2 years

Crossbills now singing in the pinewoods though I think they're feeding on spruce & larch at the moment.

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Gus Routledge

4 years

Alpine saw-wort (Saussurea alpina) is one of our upland tall-herbs that is typically found in hard-to-reach spots due to overbrowsing but I did find some on Glen Feshie that had descended from the crags. Not this one though, obviously. #wildflowerhour

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Every hummock differed slightly, some made up of Sphagnum capillifolium, some Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum commune... Found 8 species of hummock in the end with lots of species playing a lesser role.

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Gus Routledge

1 year

Only yesterday was I looking at literature on Rhodobryum roseum (rose-moss), realising I'd seen it but not appreciated it properly as I didn't know how scarce it was. Then today, looking at other stuff, I bumped into this stunning specimen.

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Gus Routledge

3 years

Submontane birch, rowan, grey willow, burnet rose.

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Gus Routledge

5 years

Hopefully this goes some way to explaining why Sphagnum denticulatum’s English name is Cow-horn Bog-moss...

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