Newtonmore Wildflowers

 I ventured further afield this week, outside the usual 5 mile advice,  as my husband had to go to the dentist in Aviemore, which gave me an...

 I will tell you a tale of why it is so rewarding to record wildflowers and how it can give a lot of pleasure and satisfaction. (I will save...

 In my (limited) experience, most lichen identification depends a lot on matching named photographs to what you have found.  This is how I s...

 When walking the dog on the lower section of Newtonmore Golf Course, I saw a blob of translucent whitish jelly, which looked just like the ...

I am still enjoying looking out for lichens and I am gradually getting more familiar with the names.  I have joined a FaceBook page called S...

 Even though it is almost December, there are still some plants flowering.  Some are annuals such as Groundsel, which are growing and flower...

The next lichen I wanted to try to ID is one that hangs off twigs like a pale green beard, with lots of thin wispy branches.  It originates ...