If you like your trunks with a coating of Sticta Limbata. #thicktrunktuesday #lichen

Boundary marker or something else ? High above the Mawddach on Garn fach Cwm Mynach side. Could be work by Cymmer abbey Cistercian monks ? #standingstonesunday

Sahara dust Cardigan bay sunset mashup

Meirionnydd fence posts for #HotStickSaturday

Just a quick visit to the #Lichen zone for #FungiFriday Parmelea and Ochrolechia fruits #eryri

Ditiola fungus ? #mushroommonday #fungifriends

Looks like the Otters joined in for the frog feast this year. Couple of Buzzards also lakeside yesterday. #frogfeast #eryri

Cladonia 3 ways #fungifriday #eryri

Filmy fern - possibly Tunbridge ? #fernfriday

#naturescalendar Wild garlic starting to show at the Barmouth waterfall.

Silver birch gnarl extending up and along the side branch. Coed Garthgelli #thicktrunktuesday

Dragons and Red Kites are cool but imagine a national flag with a Polecat on it ! #mustelidmonday

Sizzling the retna #hotsticksaturday

The closer you look the better it gets. Hypotrachyna ? #fungifriday #lichen

Meirionnydd road side lichen action. #lichen

Pine marten facial snow plough action from the Glaslyn. #eryri #pinemarten

Boulder topped river in the middle of a temperate rain forest. Moss and ferns for the eyes and the echoey sound of water running for the ears (vids in comments) #eryri #celticrainforest

Cerrig Arthur with some long morning shadows, snow capped Cadair Idris in the background. #standingstonesunday

Diffwys rock tripe from this mornings brisk stroll. #lichen #eryri

More cool trees from above Coed Oerddwr. Naturally polarded Ash trees ? The thicker one is hollow, no sign of the fallen main trunk. #thicktrunktuesday

Oak phoenix from the ffridd above Coed Oerddwr. #thicktrunktuesday

Still standing and made of stone, old stone wall in the Celtic rainforest of Coed Oerddwr. #eryri

Baeomyces rufus making way for another lichen, its life upon life in the Meirionydd Celtic rain forest. #eryri #lichen

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Temperate murk - Coed Ganllwyd #thicktrunktuesday

Mosses that look like liverworts and a fern that looks like a moss ? Filmy fern, pocket moss and neckera crispa. #mossmonday

Big ol lump of Sphaerophorus maybe #lichen

Mustelid Monday scattrick from the Mawddach. Pine martens have a varied seasonal diet and these 3 scats from yesterdays hike confirm. Fur, feather and possibly reptile ? Brown squidgy one the mystery. #Pinemarten #eryri

Faux #standingstonesunday offerings from the slopes of Y Garn Fach. All three erratics and the huge chambered boulder are in a small area of banging Celtic rainforest. Any books or papers on Sacred Groves ?

Dont know what is more amazing - the amount and variety of Peltigera lichens on this "forestry commissioned" 100 years ago farm house or the window frame that still has paint on ! #lichen #fungifriends

Coed y Brenins Sequoia block for #thicktrunktuesday

Meirionnydd road sign Lichen action. #lichen #fungifriends

New years day camera set up was a success, foraged tripod just about held up after the snow. #Pinemarten #Eryri #trailcams

2 trees kissing where the Eden meets the Mawddach. #thicktrunktuesday

I might need more of a run up for this one ! #pinemarten #eryri

Meirionnydd Landrover Lichen action. #lichen #fungifriends #eryri

Frosty Lichen action from Coed Ganllwyd. Usnea, Sticta and Lungwort chillin in the snow. #eryri #lichen #fungifriends

Sound up! Oooo this is great, the little female trying to ward off a male, don't know who he is. #pinemartens

"We have delivered your parcel to a neighbour"

Just when you think it can't fit anything else in its mouth ! #pinemarten #eryri

1st time getting a botanist on the trail cams ! Moss, lichen or liverwort ? @plantlifeuk.bsky.social one of yours ? Exploring the Gamlan in Ganllwyd

Yay snow ! Meirionnydd right now #Eryri #snow

Stoat with prey. Coed Oerddwr #Eryri

Happy Cladoniamas #fungifriends #Lichen

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Marvellous Mawddach Mustelid - Pine marten getting some winter sun. #Eryri #Meirionnydd

#thicktrunktuesday offerings from Llanbedrs Meini Hirion, just a short walk from the road, not go be missed.

Bubblichen #fungifriends #lichen

Meini Hirion Llanbedr Megalithic = Megalichen Triple decker crustose lichen action #standingstonesunday #lichen

More Usneatastic sticks from the village of Ganllwyd. #hotsticksaturday