Ewan Craig

wandering the woods, probably

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@Watts_SH @PaintingAndrew @MarLodgeNTS Cracking work! I guess darkness is now no excuse for finishing survey work early!

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Fantastic collection of lichens on some wonderful old aspens. Lobaria scrobiculata, Pannaria rubiginosa, Nephroma laevigatum, and lots and lots of L. pulmonaria.

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Tracks in the snow hold a record not just of who has been passing through the woods, but of a particular moment in time. Like here, where a deer slipped on an icy puddle.

[Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE) @SaveOurWildcats]

A young wildcat is suddenly faced with the daunting prospect of freedom. It can go anywhere it likes and do anything it wants. What does it do? 🐾

Find out more about the incredible 30km journey one of the released wildcats made to @MarLodgeNTS ➡ https://t.co/R2Eons4Hk8

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A wee mouse has been busy. Hazelnut shells left on a log in Beachen Wood, Grantown-on-Spey.

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Gorgeous morning to be out

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On the open moor, a fallen pine snag has provided just enough cover for this juniper to grow above the heather without being browsed.

[Cairngorms Connect @CairngormsCo]

Beautiful autumnal and misty scenes captured by partnership staff while out working on @RSPBScotland’s Abernethy Reserve this week.

What views will you take in this weekend?

📷 Sally Phillips, Ewan Craig, and Jeremy Roberts

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@PinkfootedGus @BBSbryology Never seen it, but I'm also sure it must be lurking here somewhere!

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It's green shield-moss time of year again! This is a new site, on the root plate of a recently fallen pine. It seems to colonise this niche really well here.
#Buxbaumia
@BBSbryology

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The morning sun creates a mist, rising off the trees as though the forest were breathing into the cold, still air.

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There is always a different view, a different light, a different mood. Something new to apprehend every day in this place

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Collecting alder seed, the late afternoon light burnishing the treetops as the autumn nights draw in ever closer.

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@Lucy_Lapwing @LeifBersweden Orange ichneumonid wasp watching me work

[Ewan Craig @ewanecraig]

@AlanWatsonFeat1 @Watts_SH Fair point. However if every carcass was left out, that release of nutrients would still be unnatural for a healthy ecological system, and would artificially subsidise meso-predator populations. How best to mimic nature?

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@matthay44 @PaintingAndrew @PinkfootedGus Mysterious indeed

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Why is there so much regeneration around this particular pine tree but not much around about? The ground all seems the same to me. Perhaps this tree simply has particularly strong seed

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@PinkfootedGus @matthay44 @PaintingAndrew That wasn't my first impression in real life, but yeah could be true!

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Facing a growing storm of ecological depletion and climate breakdown, yet there is hope. Through our action, we affirm our connection to the land and to nature, that we may grow together.

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A windy, wet and wild week in Glen Affric with a group of @treesforlifeuk volunteers. Hope is not an abstract concept; it is a radical act that grows from collective action.