No butterfly; only lichen! ^_^ #platismatia #lichen #anthrocharis #camouflage #orangetip #lepidoptera #insects #wildlifephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

So many bones. A thick layer of detritus from the bottom of a barn owl nest box. #bones #nest #owl #argyll #scotland #uk #naturephotography

A splendid male adder, ready for action on the 23rd April. This year I missed all the action :'( #adder #snake #reptile #herps #naturephotography #vipera #argyll #scotland #uk #snake_cw

A fascinating little ruin I found next to the Stowhall Burn above Acharossan. A corn kiln, perhaps. #argyll #scotland #uk

Smooth, wiggly algae going with the flow. If I look at them under a microscope, I'm sure they'll be even flowier and wigglier, right?

Fishbone lichen enjoying a bit of a breeze. #lichen #argyll #scotland #uk #usnea

A couple of jaunty sea-side lichens having a tussle. I think I've got Xanothoria aureola in yellow and Anaptychia runcinata in brown (it goes a lovely avocado green colour when well hydrated.) #lichen #anaptychia #xanthoria #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

What have we been finding in West Cowal? Lots of groovy things. Here's the report: www.inaturalist.org/posts/127579... #biologicalrecording #inaturalist #temperaterainforest #cowal #argyll #naturephotography

A wonderful little common rough woodlouse - Porcellio scaber. #woodlouse #porecllio #wildlifephotography #glenan #argyll #scotland #uk

Some lovely, leathery textures on this very fresh cabbage white chrysalis. <3 (from last August) #pieris #lepidoptera #insect #wildlifephotography #chrysalis #galloway #scotland #uk

I've been seeking out a tiny lichen called Arctomia - it has beautiful deep red apothecia and is one of the many denizens of lush mini-jungles that form in the canopy of liverwort mats on tree trunks in danker woodlands in these parts. #arctomia #liverworts #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Always check your stumps. ^_^ #slimemold #myxomycetes #slimemould #metatrichia #argyll #scotland #uk

New-to-me slime mould spotted on the broken end of a dead birch branch. Looks like Comatricha nigra, maybe. #slimemold #myxomycetes #comatricha #slimemould #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A soggy wooden post with an unusual topping: Stereocaulon dactylophyllum, I think. #FencepostOfTheWeek #stereocaulon #lichen #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

An ash tree branch festooned with so many lichens. =) #lichen #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Lephinchapel Burn: gorgeous! #argyll #scotland #uk #landscapephotography #gorge #wintersun

Hanging around #FencepostOfTheWeek

Winter on the wane :-) #lobaria #spring #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #lichen

Wilson's filmy fern - Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Slightly dry but still very lovely ^_^ #fern #hymenophyllum #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Mouldering in a gloomy spot #FencepostOfTheWeek

Tripe fungus - Auricularia mesenterica. Looking like tiers of bizarrely inflated turkey tail brackets. It usually grows on elm wood. #fungi #auricularia #tripefungus #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #gigha #uk

I believe I found Scytinium teretiusculum for the first time a few weeks back. Added it to my image matrix of bushy little jelly lichens that grow on trees: wild-e-eep.blogspot.com/2025/05/minu...

A bunch of springtails frolicking in the moss. #springtails #poduromorpha #wildlifephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #collembola

Found a lumpy bit ^_^ #moss #oak #intothewoods #tuffets #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

This entire fence has been pulled out of the ground and rolled up. It's still providing fertile surfaces for some nice lichens and mosses, though. #FencepostOfTheWeek

The underside of this lichen has some textures! I think this one is Umbilicaria torrefacta, growing on exposed rocks in a montane environment. #lichen #umbilicaria #trypophobia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #trypophobia

Clouds scudding by yesterday.

Bright, fuzzy blobs of algae up in the crags of Beinn Bhreac. #trentepohlia #algae #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A rather mossy witches' broom <3 #betula #moss #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A length of wall running along side the ridge of Beinn Bhreac, enclosing a moor called Caladh Leacainn. #landscape #wintersun #cowal #caladh #argyll #scotland #uk #wall

Spruce root plate. #tree #picea #roots #argyll #scotland #uk

Heavy frost, and bright sun, near the top of Beinn Bhreac (454m) #frost #tussock #wintersun #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Grizzled and cracked #FencepostOfTheWeek

One of the pixy cup lichens brightening up an old, grey stone wall. #lichen #cladonia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Nice oaks in some afternoon, November sun. #oak #intothewoods #wintersun #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Found a little grove of slime mould sporangia coming up on cow dung & took a bit home to watch them develop. I think these might be Didymium squamulosum. #myxomycetes #didymium #slimemould #slimemold #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Revisiting the place where I found hazel gloves last year. They are back. :-) Slugs and rodents seem to like them, too. #fungi #mushrooms #hypocreopsis #hazelgloves #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A cavernous crater at dusk #FencepostOfTheWeek

A fresh clutch of burgundydrop bonnets, Mycena haematopus. #fungi #mushrooms #mycena #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Mystery object from the woods. This one turned out to be an old mushroom with a tiny, white fungus growing all over it. Tilachlidium, perhaps. #fungi #mushrooms #tilachlidium #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Autumnal oaks in Glendaruel. #naturephotography #autumn #intothewoods #argyll #scotland #uk

These tiny, white mushrooms are very good at trapping water drops with fuzzy hairs that are corkscrew-shaped under a microscope. #hemimycena #fungi #mushrooms #naturephotography #dewdropbonnet #argyll #scotland #uk

Another jelly lichen from the back garden; a big, lush colony of Scytinium gelatinosum growing on my door step, where the gutter drips onto concrete. Scytinium gelatinosum grows well on damp concrete and mortar, but I do see it out in the wild on coastal rocks, too. #scytinium #jellylichen

Now that's some sparkly shit. #geotrupidae #dorbeetle #faeces #poo #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Wrote a blog post about Ricasolia virens, which has somehow managed to be two of my favourite lichens. wild-e-eep.blogspot.com/2025/10/rica...

A tiger's eye fungus. Seen growing on the wall of a small cave. #fungi #mushrooms #coltricia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Icmadophila ericetorum, the fairy puke lichen (what a name!) It must be quite fast growing to cover ephemeral things like these fallen bracken fronds. #lichen #icmadophila #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Badhamia utricularis rampantly overgrowing some crust fungi on wind-thrown oak branches. <333 #slimemould #slimemold #myxomycetes #cthulucloseups #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A cluster of honey fungus fruiting bodies on the side of an oak tree, and a crowd of them at the base of the trunk. #fungi #mushrooms #honeyfungus #armillaria #naturephotography #argyll #scotlant #uk

Finally noticed this jelly lichen growing on wooden garden furniture round the back of the house. I've probably been passing it by for years(!) I think it is Scytinium subtile which is rather small, even by jelly lichen standards. #lichen #jellylichen #scytinium #backyardsafari #argyll #scotland #uk