Partnered with Argyll Biological Records Centre (ABReC)
Our next field trip is a visit to the Isle of Luing on Sat 13 Sept. Meet at 9.45 a.m. at Cuan on Seil to get the 10 a.m. ferry to Luing. We will not be taking cars across. Our walk will start when we get off the ferry. Our aim will be to update Read More …
Unbroken sunshine is the forecast for our walk at Glencoe tomorrow, when we will be exploring the wooded banks of the River Coe with very knowledgeable NTS ecologist Dan Watson. Meet at Glencoe NTS visitor centre which is about a mile south of Glencoe village on the right of the A82 (as you go south). There Read More …
Despite most regulars from both Lismore and the mainland being unable to attend, there were 7 of us in the end ready to brave the forecast downpour, which never appeared until the exact moment when we got back to the cars to head for the cafe. So a very enjoyable day in a beautiful setting. Read More …
Photo – Hairy Dragonfly from last year’s LNHG Black Lochs walk. On Saturday LNHG and SWT have a joint walk to the Black Lochs – although we may not reach the lochs! As regulars will know, the woods on the way to the lochs are full of dragonflies including several rare species. These can often Read More …
Our next field trip is on Tuesday 3 June on the Isle of Eriska. We have kindly been given permission to park in the hotel car park, and will meet there at 10 a.m. From there we will explore the island looking for plants, edible and otherwise, and anything else that is flying, buzzing, crawling Read More …
Our next field trip is at Cuil Bay on Sat 19 April. We meet at 10 a.m. at the roadside parking area towards the end of the Cuil Bay road (NM 9784 5528). We will be looking at Marsh Fritillary sites to see how the caterpillars are doing this year and will also visit a Read More …
Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis) This month’s midweek recording field trip will be on Tuesday 25th March at 10 a.m. Meet in the Appin Community Car Park opposite Appin Church and Appin Village Hall (NM 9387 4590). From there we will head south-east along the Sustrans cycle track, continuing the survey of the track which we Read More …
Our next walk is beside the River Avich on Saturday 15 March. We meet at 10 a.m. at Barnaline Forestry Commission car park (NM 970 139), which is on the right as you drive south, about 4 miles after Inverinan and 1 mile before Dalavich. From there we’ll walk to Loch Avich along the track Read More …
Jan Hamilton’s photo of Hazel Gloves from our visit to Ballachuan on Feb 15. Lots more pictures from the walk are at : – LNHG visit to Ballachuan Hazelwood
Our midweek recording field trip this month will be on Tue 25 Feb at South Creagan. Meet at 10 a.m. at the car park just south of the Creagan Bridge (NM 9740 4382). If coming from the south, after Sutherland’s Grove you pass a long stretch with no houses to the right, then as you Read More …
The Ptarmigan is seasonally camouflaged by its feathers with a mixture of grey, brown and black in summer, whilst in winter it becomes totally white except for its tail and eye-patch, which remain black. It breeds in the highest mountains of the Highlands of Scotland on the Arctic like landscape there. Birds are residents, seldom Read More …
At first glance, Spotted Flycatchers might seem dull brownish-grey birds and therefore a bit boring. However, that is very much an understatement, as they are beautiful to watch. Observe them for a short period and you’ll be charmed by their fly-catching antics. Spotted flycatchers fly from a high perch, dash out to grab a flying Read More …
The Bonaparte’s Gull is the American equivalent of the Black-headed Gull. The shape of the dark hood and the white leading edge to the primaries are both strongly reminiscent of Black-headed Gull but the hood is actually sooty-black rather than brown, the legs are ‘bubble-gum’ pink and the underwing is much whiter, especially under the Read More …
The larva of the Elephant Hawk Moth is about 75 millimetres (3.0 in) long and green and brown in colour. Like most hawk moth caterpillars, they have a backward curving spine or “horn” on the final abdominal segment. The anterior of the caterpillar appears to have the shape of a trunk-like snout. It is this elephant Read More …
This medium-sized damselfly characteristically holds its wings open at 45 degrees when perched, unlike other damselflies. Males are metallic green with powder blue eyes, thorax sides and bands across first and last two abdominal segments. The females are similar but lack any blue colouring. This beautiful specimen was recorded during our field trip to Lochan Read More …
Even though the Pearl-band Grass Veneer flies by night only, it is easily disturbed during the day, especially in grasses. It is on the wing from mid-June to mid-August. It prefers boggy areas, but is also seen on drier heaths. The Pearl-band Grass Veneer is a species of Northern Europe. It is wide-spread and not Read More …