Meta menardi (Cave Spider) in an old mine adit at Penryhn Glas Granite Quarries on the Llŷn Peninsula yesterday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @britishspiders.bsky.social

Guilymot's & Razor bill's at Penryhn Glas yesterday putting on a good show.

Absolutely Magnificent Guilymot & Razor bill Colony at Penryhn Glas yesterday, I have seen a good show at Stackpole NNR before,but this Colony is way bigger,nice.

Low Cloud Views at Penryhn Glas yesterday on the Llŷn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Penryhn Glas Granite Quarries,Llyn Peninsula 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Fantastic old granite quarry works building at Penryhn Glas yesterday on the Llŷn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Gotta love um , Goats with kids at Penryhn Glas yesterday on the Llŷn..."So nice "🐐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Porth y Nant beach yesterday and bonus goats 🐐 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Penryhn Glas Granite Quarries above Porth y Nant beach yesterday on the Llŷn Peninsula 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A day at Penryhn Glas Granite Quarries yesterday,lots of old weel houses and other old works buildings ,a great place 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Anastrophyllum hellerianum (Heller's Notchwort) a tiny liverwort of decaying rotting logs,I have only seen it on rotting Quercus petraea logs in Oceanic woodland in wales,here on a rotting pine in the Abernethy Forest a few weeks ago was nice,red Gemmae on the shoot tips @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Scapania aequiloba (Lesser Rough Earwort) in the lower reaches of the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms a couple of weeks ago @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Solenostoma paroicum (Shining Flapwort) looking good in the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms a couple of weeks ago @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Well a wet day on the Llŷn Peninsula today so a day of reading and a book that certainly fits my location and my Location certainly adding to my feel for the book ,Rhodri ap Gwyfd of Ynys Mon, Welsh horse warrior's endeavours are certainly heating up, @sjmartin77.bsky.social fantastic reading 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

Crag happy Chappy on Yr Eifl yesterday,Dichotomum palustre looking zingy green in the flushes 💚

Bit of Petina on that old work horse ,old but gold .

Hieracium lasiophyllum (Stiff-haired Hawkweed) in good amounts on the rock faces of Trefor quarry on the Llŷn Peninsula yesterday.

Hieracium consociatum (Sociable Hawkweed) on tge quarry rockfaces of Trefor quarry yesterday on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales.

A morning spent in the Rugged Trefor quarry yesterday on the Llŷn ,Oreoweisia bruntonii putting in an appearance on the vertical rockfaces,Ring Ouzel,Ravens and Chough's adding to the morn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa) on sunny exposed slopes on Trefor quarry as I was making my way over to Yr Eifl yesterday on the Llŷn Peninsula,the peaks of Gyrn Ddu and Gyrn Goch in the distance 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Ptilidium ciliare (Ciliated Fringewort) displaying a lovely red hue ,growing amongst Heather on the sunny exposed slopes of the lower reaches of the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms a couple of weeks ago,a common leafy liverwort sp @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Coscinodon cribrosus (Sieve-tooth moss) growing on friable shaley rock in the lower reaches of the Water of Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms, here it is at its most Northern location in the uk , a lovely hoary Grimmial usually growing on Coastal Cliffs @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Another species from the Ailnack gorge in haven't seen before, Pseudoleskeella catenulata, a montane species that forms cylindrical shoots ,here a lovely yellow colour ,but can be brownish or olive green ,here on a Crag ledge a hundred yards upstream from the Castle,nice @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Absolutely chuffed to find Pseudoleskeella rupestris ,a rare species and one I have never seen before,here growing on shaley loose earth on a steep part of tge Water of Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago , a lovely reddish colour and its shoots have a wavey tip @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Apometzgeria pubescens (Downy Vailwort) putting on a good show on a shaded limestone Crag in the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Catoscopium nigritum (Golf-Club moss) getting its common name from its golf club shaped Capsules,here not supporting eny of those but seriously nice hummocks,deep in the bottom of the Ailnack ravine a couple of weeks ago ,only ever seen it Once before at Cow green reservoir @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Pterygoneurum ovatum (Oval-leaved Pottia)with abundant mature Capsules, in the Water of Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago in the Cairngorms,a Scarce species in Scotland and only this one patch in seven days in the gorge,I did see it in a different location here in 2024 @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Tortula lanceola (Lance-leaved Pottia) displaying abundant red-brown Capsules with there well-developed Peristome, on Crumbling soil over a boulder in the Water of Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Absolutely lovely Cushion of Grimmia Orbicularis growing on a boulder in the Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago,the only Cushion I seen in the Gorge in seven days , still better than none , a lovely hoary Grimmial species @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Schistidium robustum,growing abundantly on boulders on the edge of the Ailnack ravine a couple of weeks ago, lovely Cushions fruiting abundantly @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A moss I first seen in 2024 in the Eastern Cairngorms, it was good to find Schistidium trichodon growing on Rock's in a small burn that flows into the Ailnack ravine a couple of weeks ago,an uncommon Grimmial species that always makes my eyes widen when I come across it @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Perichaetial leaf of Schistidium helveticum (Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms) ,showing the sort hairpoint,whitch the very similar Schistidium atrofuscum doesn't have ,mid leaf cells and basal cells also in pics @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Nice to find the exceedingly rare Schistidium helveticum in the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms a couple of weeks ago,this and a site in a working quarry in wales is the only uk sites ,quality bryophyte indeed @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Schistidium atrofuscum (Black Mountain Grimmia) in the Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago,a seriously nice species @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Schistidium atrofuscum (Black Mountain Grimmia) a Scarce species in the UK, only known from a handful of sites in Scotland,here in the Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms it puts on a Magnificent show on bear vertical Crumbling Cliffs @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss) growing amongst Heather on the slopes of the Ailnack gorge a couple of weeks ago ,always nice to see @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A two hundred mile plod from Gloucestershire back over the Llyn peninsula this morning,Yr Eifl behind ,a site i spent three days in this March,but back to finish off unfinished bryophyte business,probably do another three days on its old Quarries and flanks,I have fifteen days North Wales Mossing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Lower reaches of the Water of Ailnack gorge, seriously impressive,Perragrine,Ouzels and Curlew adding to the greatness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Third night camp spot on the Ailnack ravine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Orthilia secunda (Serrated Wintergreen) in the Water of Ailnack gorge, a lovely species and one I have only seen Once before,some years back when me and Tim Rich seeked it out at Craig Cerrig Glesiad in the Breacons @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Day 3 on the Ailnack 12.5.26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The river Ailnack snaking threw the huge glacial meltwater carved scar on the big country landscape 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Second night's camp spot on the Ailnack gorge,slightly down stream from the Castle 11.5.26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Water of Ailnack,Cairngorms 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Second day in the Rugged Ailnack gorge in the Cairngorms,a geologists dream and bryophytes to wide eyed marvellous at 11.5.26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Water of Ailnack near Tomintoul 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A nights camp at the top end of the Ailnack ravine ,pitched below the Castle,a huge Crumbling pinacle that has acquired the name of the castle, a remote site that has had no bryophyte searches 10.5.26🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Water of Ailnack gorge near Tomintoul in the Cairngorms,well when in Scotland drink iron brew ay 10.5.26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

start of my resent seven days spent in the Magnificent and rugged Watet of Ailnack,the largest glacial meltwater channel in the uk and home to over 200 bryophyte species, this is the first day making the long hike 8 kilometres up the Ravine's 10 kilometres length 10-13.5.26 three night wild camp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿