Image of a purple Alpine Blue Sow Thistle in flower

How delicious!

#DYK that Alpine Blue Sow Thistles are a favourite food for herbivores like deer and sheep, and it only survives in a few locations in Scotland that are inaccessible to grazing?

#NatureChampioned by @graemedey.bsky.social + @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

www.scotlink.org/species/alpi...

Image of a Noctule Bat emerging from a tree.

The Noctule Bat is usually one of the first bats to appear in the evening, with calls just audible to the human ear.

In summer, these ginger-golden bats roost in trees with holes made by woodpeckers, rot, or splits.

#NatureChampioned by Miles Briggs MSP with @batconservation.bsky.social

Swift - Scotlink Swifts are summer migrants to the UK and arrive to breed here in May, returning from their wintering grounds in sub-Saharan Africa. Swifts are our most aerial of birds, spending nearly all of their ti...

Swifts are #NatureChampioned by @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social with @rspbscotland.bsky.social.

Learn more about these incredible birds! 👇

www.scotlink.org/species/swift/

#SwiftAwarenessWeek

Common Toad - Scotlink The Common Toad is a widespread amphibian found throughout Britain though is absent from Ireland. Common Toads prefer deeper water bodies in which to breed, including fish ponds, farm ponds, reservoir...

Common Toads are #NatureChampioned by @clarehaugheysnp.bsky.social with @froglife.bsky.social.

Discover more about these charismatic amphibians, the threats they face and the action needed to protect them:

www.scotlink.org/species/comm...

Short-eared Owl - Scotlink The Short-eared Owl is a medium sized owl and one of the few owl species that hunt both during the day and during the night. In the UK, Short-eared Owls breed in upland habitat, marshes and coastal sa...

We're hosting our own #SuperbOwl: the Short-eared Owl! 🦉

#DYK that many Short-eared Owls migrate from the Nordic countries and Russia to spend the winter in the UK?

#NatureChampioned by @michaelmatheson.bsky.social with @rspbscotland.bsky.social & SRSG!

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www.scotlink.org/species/shor...