Simon Davies

A man of precision in search of today’s challenge.
Living in interesting times & enjoying all that life offers here on South Uist.

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@PlantlifeScot @Love_plants Time to enjoy the small pleasures in life in Uist 😉with Hammarbya paludosa, Pinguicula lusitanica and Drosera rotundifolia

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@Buzz_dont_tweet Looks like international tourism is picking up now CalMac finally remembered South Uist exists!

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@Buzz_dont_tweet @entomologyArt Not a solitary bee, but certainly unusual - a leucistic carder bee (likely B Pascorum) gorging on Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) in Benbecula

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@SolitaryBeeWeek
Sham its raining today but yesterday was better with six new Colletes floralis colonies identified

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@entomologyArt Lots of Colletes floralis activity on South Uist...

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@SolitaryBeeWeek Solitary Bee Week? Ours are already active on Uist archipelago - Largest colony surveyed so far for Colletes floralis is over 70metres long! #SolitaryBeeHour

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news suggests there will be some very tough questions to face (ethnicity dangers, care home bias, TurkishPPE & lies about testing data) at the next opportunity . . . I wonder if #borrisjohnson has asked @Number10cat to take the press conference at 5🙂

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@clouds_go_by People in glass houses?

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@EssexHebridean Yes, such a shame this mess has happened. Beginning to wonder what the new normal might be - eventually! Makes us all very wary about visiting Eilean Mhor until perhaps a vaccine is developed and distributed! Stay safe and see you when we get through all this 😊

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@EssexHebridean @chrisbrennan752 @byrogriffiths @CalMacFerries No better place to be locked down! 6 C19 cases in Stornoway, none here. Doing Gaelic course with @SabhalMorOstaig as well as all the usual wildlife recording and history stuff. Enjoying the hour's exercise in the Caribbean sun😉

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Isn't #lockdown and anti-social distancing a challenge? Don't know how I cope with it!

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@EssexHebridean @chrisbrennan752 @byrogriffiths @CalMacFerries Quite correct, Robyn . . . How are the #redarrows getting on with social distancing? Can they cope with 2 metres?

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@bigwaspsurvey Seems a bit early, but came across this chappie today investigating Juniper on South Uist in the sun

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What a great day on #SouthUist for a spot of litter-picking on the hills! First 8 pointer 😀

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Trying out large panoramic & 360views of @isleofsouthuist https://t.co/2OmKh5mRXO https://t.co/ESIqai24N9 Hope they work ;-)

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@aFhloraidh @BSBIbotany A small reward for all the identification assistance and encouragement of my own botanic interests :-)

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Hunting the #Snark is easier than finding new population of #Lesser #Twayblade - these on #NothUist #OuterHebrides

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Some less common #orchids also about on #Uist #WesternIsles. #LesserButterfly #Frog #Hebridean & #Twayblade

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What a magnificent quad spike #orchid! 60cm! #SouthUist #OuterHebrides. Great time to see them now at their best

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#SouthUist #Machair - Orchids abundant as cotton grass! twins, triplets and some quads! #OuterHebrides #WesternIsles