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Ecology

Walks, lichens, mosses and regeneration

Tiger Hoverfly.Helophilus Pendulus.

Pine Cone

Red Admiral Butterfly

Bracket fungus in winter.

Rotting pine tree.

Ferns on Portmoak Moss

Winter view of Bishop hill from Portmoak Moss.

Buff tailed bee.

Frozen water in Portmoak Moss ditch.

Mute Swan on the River Leven

Common Hawker Dragonfly

Frozen seed heads.

Jelly ear or tree ear Fungus. Auricularia auricula-judae.

Song Thrush on Gorse.

Hoverfly. Syrphus species.

Chicken of the wopods fungi.

7 Spot Ladybird. Coccinella septempunctata.

7 Spot Ladybird. Coccinella septempunctata.

Red Squirrel with a pine cone.

Tiger Hoverfly.Helophilus Pendulus.

Black Darter Dragonfly ( Male).

White Lipped Snail - Cepaea hortensis.

Tiger Hoverfly.Helophilus Pendulus.

Sunset in Brown and Gold. Loch Leven.

Green Veined White Butterfly.

Peacock Butterfly.

Chaffinch (Male) on Gorse.

Chaffinch (Male) on Gorse.

Misty day on Portmoak Moss.

Red Squirrel.

Wood ear or Black Wood ear, Auricularia auricula-judae.

Slime Mould. Enteridium lycoperdon growing on a birch tree (Betula sp).

Dandelion seedhead.

Row Deer.

Golden saxifrage.

Long Legged Fly.

Orange Tipped Butterfly (Male).

Common Green Bottle Fly.

Small Tortoishell Butterfly.

Chaffinch ( male) on Gorse.

Bracket fungus and green moss on a dead birch tree.

British Soldier Lichen. Cladonia cristatella growing on dead wood.

Ice in Portmoak Moss ditch.

Great Spotted Woodpecker.(Male).

Birch Bark.

Green Veined White Butterfly.

Large Red Damselfly.

Sphagnum Moss.

Star of Bethlehem flower.

White Tailed Bumblebee.

Frozen Pine Needles.

Frozen Leaf.

Large Red Damselfly.

Large Red Damselfly.

Great Spotted Woodpecker leaving the nest.

Great Spotted Woodpecker young at nest entrance.

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Female) at nest entrance.

Small Copper Butterfly.

Grass on Portmoak Moss.

Yellow slime mould (Fuligo septica) commonly known as the Scrambled egg mould.

Entrance information boards at Portmoak Moss.

Small Red Damselfly.

Magpie ( Pica pica), a member of the Corvid family.

Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly.

Black Slug, Arion ater.

Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly.

Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly.

Common Hawker Dragonfly.

Common Hawker Dragonfly.

Foxglove with bee.

Fly Agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria Poisonous.

Peacock Butterfly Caterpillars.

Large heath Butterfly.

Hawthorn Flowers.

Bridge in Portmoak Moss.

Tiger Hoverfly.Helophilus Pendulus.

Reed Bunting.

Greater Spotted Woodpecker( Male) at nest with insects.

Carrion Crow.

Song Thrush.

Wren.

Robin.

Peacock Butterfly.

Roe deer Fawn.

Lichen

Dog Vomit Slime Mould.( Fuligo septica).Also known as Scrambled egg slime.

Stump Puffball,Lycoperdon pyriforme.

Red Squirrel.

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