Ellie Mayhew (she/her)
@ecologyellie.bsky.social
🌿🏴🏔 Ecologist, bird ringer, wildlife gardener, beachcomber, life-long lover of natural history. Working in landscape-scale nature restoration 🌍🏳️🌈🌻 Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️ Views my own.
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It’s always a pleasure to get out into the field. #WildStrathfillan
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s always a pleasure to get out into the field. #WildStrathfillan
Elders seem to be flowering well this year, along with Hawthorn (seems like another bumper year for the latter).
May 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Elders seem to be flowering well this year, along with Hawthorn (seems like another bumper year for the latter).
Love where you live 🌳🌱
May 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Love where you live 🌳🌱
Heard my first Willow Warbler of the year today whilst exploring The Great Trossachs Forest 🌳
April 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Heard my first Willow Warbler of the year today whilst exploring The Great Trossachs Forest 🌳
A lovely walk through oak woodland at @wtscotsocial.bsky.social Glen Finglas reserve today. Highlights Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Chaffinch & Great Tit, Nuthatch, Juniper & an incredible array of bryophytes (which I really need to start learning!) 🌿🐦⬛
March 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A lovely walk through oak woodland at @wtscotsocial.bsky.social Glen Finglas reserve today. Highlights Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Chaffinch & Great Tit, Nuthatch, Juniper & an incredible array of bryophytes (which I really need to start learning!) 🌿🐦⬛
Nice to see my first wee female hazel flower of 2025 today, near the New Forest. Spring is on its way!
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Nice to see my first wee female hazel flower of 2025 today, near the New Forest. Spring is on its way!
Lovely visit to RSPB Black Devon Wetlands. Spotted my first Kestrel of the year. Snow-clad Ochils made a beautiful backdrop ❄️🗻
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Lovely visit to RSPB Black Devon Wetlands. Spotted my first Kestrel of the year. Snow-clad Ochils made a beautiful backdrop ❄️🗻
Fantastic day at Bird Race today. We recorded 66 species, 22 of which were new for the year for me - bringing my 2025 species total for birds to 79. Highlights included two great views of Sparrowhawk, hundreds of Lapwing, and a huge flock of Fieldfare - my first this winter! 🦅🪿🐦⬛🦆🌳 📍East Lothian
January 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fantastic day at Bird Race today. We recorded 66 species, 22 of which were new for the year for me - bringing my 2025 species total for birds to 79. Highlights included two great views of Sparrowhawk, hundreds of Lapwing, and a huge flock of Fieldfare - my first this winter! 🦅🪿🐦⬛🦆🌳 📍East Lothian
Exploring 🌳
January 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Exploring 🌳
An icy day along the Fife Coastal Path
January 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
An icy day along the Fife Coastal Path
Lovely snowy walk this afternoon, soaking up the sun and making the most of the gorgeous winter weather before it changes on Sunday
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lovely snowy walk this afternoon, soaking up the sun and making the most of the gorgeous winter weather before it changes on Sunday
Nice spot of sunrise birdwatching before work this morning. Highlight was a group of Goldeneye. They have a strange song!
January 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nice spot of sunrise birdwatching before work this morning. Highlight was a group of Goldeneye. They have a strange song!
We were watching some yellow-throated martens when I looked to my left and a ‼️Sun Bear ‼️🌞🐻 was walking towards us!!! We didn’t approach him, we stayed where we were and watched him quietly so we didn’t disturb him. Such an incredible sighting.📍Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
December 20, 2024 at 3:44 PM
We were watching some yellow-throated martens when I looked to my left and a ‼️Sun Bear ‼️🌞🐻 was walking towards us!!! We didn’t approach him, we stayed where we were and watched him quietly so we didn’t disturb him. Such an incredible sighting.📍Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
It’s not every day you add a whopping ✨65 new species✨ to your bird list!! 🤩 Thailand is incredible!
December 17, 2024 at 2:21 PM
It’s not every day you add a whopping ✨65 new species✨ to your bird list!! 🤩 Thailand is incredible!
A beautiful day in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland 🏴
December 12, 2024 at 2:19 PM
A beautiful day in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland 🏴
Recent Beaver (Castor fiber) foraging activity spotted on our lunchtime walk 🦫🏴 Beavers generally forage within 10m of the water’s edge. They don’t hibernate, but do reduce their activity levels over winter, when they store food (like woody vegetation) in an underwater cache in their lodge. 🪵
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Recent Beaver (Castor fiber) foraging activity spotted on our lunchtime walk 🦫🏴 Beavers generally forage within 10m of the water’s edge. They don’t hibernate, but do reduce their activity levels over winter, when they store food (like woody vegetation) in an underwater cache in their lodge. 🪵
Sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum. 💙 This funky little urchin lives in a sand burrow, feeding on dead plants and animals with its tube feet (each to their own). Life on Earth is so wildly diverse 🙌🏼 🌈 🌍 - 📍Isle of Bute, Scotland
November 28, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum. 💙 This funky little urchin lives in a sand burrow, feeding on dead plants and animals with its tube feet (each to their own). Life on Earth is so wildly diverse 🙌🏼 🌈 🌍 - 📍Isle of Bute, Scotland