A very wet day of hedge planting at #MortonLochs with NatureScot to create a new wildlife corridor
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#Fife #hedges
A beautiful day for some pond clearance at Morton Lochs National Nature Reserve to improve habitat for dragonflies and damselflies #autumn #MortonLochs #Fife #NatureScot #volunteering
A successful trip to Morton Lochs this morning to find crossbills.
#birds #birdingscotland #ukbirds #mortonlochs #tentsmuir #nature #birdwatching #birding #birdwatch #tours
Common blue butterfly with the namesake colour on the wing, also the underwing showing how they can quickly disappear if the situation and close their wings!
#TitliTuesday and #TuesdayBlue combined with a beautiful common blue #butterfly at #MortonLochs a week ago. ๐ฅฒ Wish I was there today! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
Left hand side going down; marsh thistle feeding small pearl bordered butterfly, wild roses. Centre ; common twayblades and northern marsh orchids, Right hand side; I'm unsure on top right, common spotted orchid and crosswort
#wildflowerhour from #Tentsmuir & #MortonLochs, marsh thistle feeding small pearl bordered butterfly, common twayblades, common spotted and northern marsh orchids, crosswort & wild roses but I can't place top right, help please! #WildflowerID @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Top row; Common blue open and closed wing speckled wood. Then bottom two rows; left hand side small pearl bordered fritillary, centre cinnabar moth & right hand side dark green fritillary.
#InsectThursday from #MortonLochs and #Tentsmuir last Tuesday; common blue, speckled wood, small pearl bordered fritillary, cinnabar moth & dark green fritillary. #butterflies #mothsmatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Scotland @naturescot.bsky.social
Top row red squirrel and speckled wood butterfly, next row dark green fritillary, Northern marsh orchids & the avenue of beech on the road into the reserve, next row a cinnabar moth & a bee in a rose, last row common blue underwing and open wing, underwing of small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly and the butterfly path.
#JoinMeOnMyWalk What a fantastic #nature day in #Fife today. Delighted to see #RedSquirrel, speckled wood, small pearl bordered &dark green fritillary, common blue #butterflies, northern marsh orchids & cinnabar #moth and more at #Tentsmuir & #MortonLochs. @photohour.bsky.social #vitaminN
Top it's the outer wing of this perfect dark green fritillary feeding on marsh thistle, the underside confirms it's ID with those striking white dots and green towards the body
It's a #butterfly day! ๐คฉ๐๐๐ฆ & species 23 for the year, a perfect dark green fritillary, #Fife is really spoiling us! Incredible day over at #Tentsmuir & #MortonLochs. Then back to our holiday cottage to gannets diving in the bay outside ๐ @savebutterflies.bsky.social #VisitScotland