Our #Bioblitz findings from #Blaeberry Wood with local volunteers 🍄 🐦 🦋 🌱

Lots of new species records for this woodland but the coolest find has to go to evidence of the silk-button spangle gall wasp. What a name! 🐝

Two side-by-side photos. The left is titled 'Before' and shows a bend in a river with an eroding bank. There are piles of willow in a gap between the riverbank and a makeshift fence made of thinner rods of woven willow whips. The right-hand 'After' photo shows the willow has grown above the edge of the riverbank and coloured the section a vibrant green.

Willow spilling, 5 months on ⏩

Back in March, we worked with @forthriverstrust.bsky.social to stabilise sections of the White Burn that runs through #Blaeberry Wood 🌊

Look at the growth already. Job well done - the wonders of willow! 🍃

Blaeberry Wildlife Recording Day Come join Woodland Trust staff and volunteers for a drop in day of discovery and help find and record as many species as possible!

Join us for a #Bioblitz! 🐛 🦉 🐦

As part of Biodiversity Month with @westlothiancouncil.bsky.social, we'll be out at #Blaeberry Wood this Saturday recording wildlife 📝

📆 Sat 16th Aug, 10am-4pm
📍 Blaeberry Wood, #Livingston
🆓 Free booking at 👉 buff.ly/2E1ULLj

#WestLothian #NatureEvents

photograph of a back-lit double fencepost at sunrise with bilberry sprouting all around and spider webs hanging from the barbs

Webs and bilberry bushes #FencepostOfTheWeek

#web #vaccinium #blaeberry #fencepost #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Several thin spikes of a plant which has bright pinkish-red flowers.

Blaeberry

A closeup photo of small #Blaeberry, which is also known as #Bilberry, #flowers. There’s a small patch of these in the #CommunityWoodland.

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