Results from a spot of camera trapping in The Highlands @mammalsociety.bsky.social

Mediterranean weather, dolphins from my bedroom, otter, white tailed eagle, pine marten. Rabbie B said it best. My heart’s in the Highlands, good to be home.

Americano, coffee cake and white tailed eagle.

First hummingbird hawk moth seen in the garden this year.

#Ragwort in the garden is worth the pissy comments from neighbours

Dark green fritillaries were everywhere amongst the whites.

#Lindesfarne is like someone took a chunk of The Highlands and dropped it in the sea. Butterflies everywhere on the coastal grassland

Obviously drought and high temps make life tough for any species relying on soft bodied prey which are harder to find in the hot and dry. Recently found a dead hedgehog in my garden so good to catch one mooching around the water tray. @ptes-org.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Hover flies seem to be attracted to the tiny flowers on the olive tree. It’s caked in them.

So small you’d never notice them in passing.

Just watching for a few seconds and you see the abundance of life in one flower.

Knapweed always seems to be number 1 once it starts flowering

Monumental day in my #wildgarden. Nearly 7yrs and the first grasshopper. Can’t see the bugger but sounds like common green. Happy to be corrected.Also hoachin with butterflies today, painted lady, sm white, meadow br, ringlet, speck wood, wall. #GardenWild @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

#Fathersday out in @northyorkmoors.org.uk not surveying. My 1st swimming adder. My lad almost stood on it as it basked on a stepping stone in a burn. Barely thicker than a pencil @arc-trust.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social