2025 was perhaps my best year of botany, so I thought I'd post a few highlights from Scotland. A well-timed trip to Orkney in May produced Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima), Holy-grass (Hierochloe odorata) and Scottish Primrose (Primula scotica). @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A colourful duo from the Loch Ness area today - Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) and Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea). @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sounds like this is the place to be now… and why not start with some blue skies! Temperature inversions and Brocken spectres up Ben Wyvis with @sibthorpia.bsky.social last Saturday, certainly a day to remember! 😊