Diffwys and a slightly frozen Llyn Cwm Mynach. #Eryri #meirionnydd

Sound up #birders whats going on here ? Buzzard, Jay or something else. Fach Ynys, Mawddach. #birds

Cobalt crust fungus brightening up a dull morning. Coed Lletywalter Llanbedr. #fungifriends

Chanterells still out, yesterdays find. #FungiFriday

Leconora (?) crust lichens overlapping lots #Lichen

Gnarly cliff Oak from Barmouth, dripping with bryophytes, lichens and flowers. #thicktrunktuesday

Mini Cladonia lichen way beyond my id skills ! In Eryri on the coast on rock. #Lichen

Ticking off lichen types on a camera hunt. Crustose, fruiticose and foliose all present. Usnea florida with massive disks really stoodout. #Lichen #Fungifriends

Fungi cam got a Vole ! #fungifriends

Finally had the time to climb ! Stunning erratic up at Cwm Mynach, Cader and Clogau to the south and the southern Rhinogydd to the north. #StandingStoneSunday

Sometimes I forget how good rock loving lichens are. Barmouth. #lichen #fungifriends

Caperata gettin squeezed out by the warty crusts #HotStickSaturday

The road to Coed Aberatro Llanbedr #Eryri

Autumnal reflections Llyn Mair #eryri

Dyffryns youth team badge for #TombTuesday - any other megalithic footy badges out there ?

Coed Oerddwr on the Glaslyn looking amazing with the onset of autumn, you can see yr Wyddfa, Cnicht, Moelwyns and the Rhinogs from this wood. Steam trains and Ospreys also possible. #Eryri #woodlandtrust

Meirionnydd road sign Lichen action. #Lichen #fungifriends

Ruin with a view Cwm Nantcol #Eryri

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Cwm Nantcol Silver birch and the bryophytes and lichens that it supports. #thicktrunktuesday

Lichen encrusted bark with Lichen on top ! Peltegera lichen vs numerous crusty ones. Coed Lletywalter Llanbedr

Gnarly Silver birch outcrop dangler Cwm Nantcol, Llanbedr #ThicktrunkTuesday

Delighted to find 3 stones in a row up at Cwm Nantcol, even more delighted to find out that they are not on any maps ! #StandingstoneSunday

Brown jelly brain -Tremella steidleri ? Coed Tyn Y Coed #fungifriends

All of this yarn was dyed with one species of mushroom, Phaeolus schweinitzii, commonly known as the dyers polypore. What a variety of color from one mushroom

Pine marten meets Cat ! #Meirionnydd #Eryri

Fungiest trees in the wood. #thicktrunktuesday for #Fungifriends

Gnarly Oak outcrop dangler, Cwmnantcol, Llanbedr. #ThicktrunkTuesday

Possible standing stone quarry, certainly used by someone ! Cwmnantcol Llanbedr #standingstonesunday

Right now !

Scarlet and Blackening waxcaps from the uppermost bit of Cwmnantcol. #Waxcapwatch

#StandingstoneSunday contender from the Bwlch Drws Ardudwy route through the Rhinogydd. Obviously not on any maps

Sizzle twig #hotsticksaturday

Seasons in full swing now #FungiFriday #Eryri

Wibbly wobbly jelly bracket for #MushroomMonday

#UKFungusday so heres some fungiscapes from earlier in the week. #fungifriends

Fluffmould #fungifriday

Its all about the gills #FungiFriday

Lichenaughts remember the name if your ever visiting #Eryri #lichen #Fungifriends

All branches pointing south, Silver birch from the "wetter the better" Coed Ganllwyd. #ThicktrunkTuesday

What was once a dry stone wall is now a Celtic rain forest stone wall. #fungifriends #Lichen

Red admirals going crazy for the ripe Ivy flowers right now. Barmouth #Butterfly

Hawthorn and rainbow for #ThickTrunkTuesday

The Amplissima vs Pulmonaria battle still raging on Coed Ganllwyds Ash trees. #Lichen #fungifriends

The Lichen side of Fach Goch #StandingstoneSunday #Lichen

Mountain Ash from the Lichen world that is Coed Maesgwm. Ramalina fastigiata looking super dope. #Lichen

Barmouth walking festival kicked off today, walk 3 Coed Aber Atro and Coed Lletywalter with Coed Cadws Kirsten Manley and me entertaining the walkers. #Wales #Eryri #Meirionnydd

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The sticks so hot all I can see is Lichen ! #HotStickSaturday

Our current edition carries an inspiring article by Sabine Nouvet about our Welsh Wood Warblers – and a study that established their widespread use of non-classical habitats such as conifer plantations in Meirionnydd. www.natureconservation.wales/natur-cymru/... 🖌️ Sabine Nouvet