I just got bitten by a wild animal. Photo not by me but by my friend who is not on bsky. #herps #lizards #reptiles #cute

figured out how to make this website usable, finally

Mimosa #bloomsky #bloomscrolling

Through the ancient tree portal #laurasilva #madeira #fanal #forest

Lichen-bearded tree. #lichen

Edge of the forest #forest #nature #photography

Moss rock. #moss

Free-roaming sheep in a forest with the fog rolling in. #nature #forest #photography #madeira

Update: the slime mold has taken over and eliminated the fungus. #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends

We all need a hug sometimes

It's Friday, time to mess about! Undercolouring this in alcohol marker instead of watercolour. Deliberately picking up some of the pencil outline with pens to make fuzzy moth wings. Undeliberate pen leak made some green spots that smudged tho. Gonna cover it up with snowflakes 😂 #FebruaryFrost26

It is very rare that we get proper snow around here, so when we do, it is very important to go outside and build as many snow ghosts as you can.

The isopods and other bugs are just a side effect of keeping a pet slime mold, but I quite like having them around. #isopods #invertebrates #crustaceans #slimemold

Beaver attack #forest #animals #beavers

Blue and yellow lichen 🩵💛 #lichen

I learned from @boomklevertje.bsky.social that thistles like this one are ecologically important, because insects overwinter in the hollow stems and dried out flowers. #plants #nature #ecology

Correction: I learned that these snails are protandric hermaphrodites, meaning they start off male and become female. These snails only have male sex organs in the Summer, which means that since last September, this is MISS tiny snail :) Source: www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servl...

Low ferns, high ferns, Wet ferns, dry ferns #ferns

Laccaria fraterna, red mushrooms known to hang out around Eucalyptus trees. #fungi #fungifriends #madeira

Cool colorful rock from mineral rich soil. #rocks #forest #madeira

Does anyone know what this contraption is? I thought it might be an insect collection trap for research. Found in Funchal mountain park, Madeira.

たしか2月5日は地衣類の日！ (妻)の過去作品より梅の枝に地衣類のついた縁起物、編み「苔梅」🧶 #地衣類 #あみぐるみ #lichen #crochet

I recommend following Knyttir for beautiful, atmospheric, often nature-based art. #forest #nature #art #fungifriends

White fungal hyphae on a small pinecone. #fungi #fungifriends

Hello mister tiny snail #snails #invertebrates

Yellow slime mold vein crawling through leaf litter. #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends

Fluffy ball of moss #moss

I suspect the nearby beaver family may have had something to do with this tree’s demise. #forest #trees #moss

Leaf skeleton. #trees #lichen #forest

Two colors of lichen and some winter berries. #lichen

Little badger print next to my boot #badgers #mustelids

Jelly fungus, genus Tremella. #fungi #fungifriends

I’ve always liked radial symmetry in nature #plants #nature

Big beaver bite #forest #beavers #wildlife

I found lots of seed leftovers dumped in one place. Possibly a badger latrine? There were badger footprints nearby. #badgers #mustelids

Moss and willow leaves. The moss in the foreground is shaped like ferns. #moss #forest

Birch

Velvet shank (Flammulina velutipes) #fungifriends #fungi

Badger footprints

There is a 2 mm long snail in my leaf box. Carychium tridentatum. #snails #invertebrates

Testing new lens on tiny spider.

Listening to five hours of chiptune per day for neurotypical reasons

I now have a macro lens for very small objects, and a telescope for very large objects. I don’t care about medium size objects.

Like small soft christmas trees. #moss

Thick tree trunk with a luxurious blanket of moss. #trees #forest #madeira #moss

The ice inside this fallen tree was in the form of little balls. I think it is because beetle larva eat round holes in the tree, and those fill up with water. #forest #nature

Even when things are falling apart, it’s important to remember there’s beauty on this planet. Halysidota schausi moth 🌱

Beautiful laurel tree in Madeira. #trees #nature #photography

Small mushroom in moss. #fungi #fungifriends #moss

Old, bearded laurel tree. #moss #trees #lichen