Welcome to another thrilling instalment of the BogBlog. Either the season has started to slow down a bit, or I’m getting more efficient. One of the two. I seem to be taking things in my stride now, 8 months into my ...
Continue reading Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit…

Marching along transects across heathland, fighting off ticks, keds and midges, whilst trying to find strange little grassy mounds that might only be as large as your fist...welcome to my survey for narrow-headed ants on ...
Continue reading Anting around at Abernethy

Saltmarsh is an amazing habitat....and I’m not just saying that because I’m a saltmarsh apprentice! It is a very dynamic ecosystem, that is ever changing, not least because it is faced with inundation by tidal water twice a ...
Continue reading Save our saltmarshes!

Abernethy forest is very special. It is the largest tract of native Scots pinewood in Britain and is home to 800 nationally scarce or rare species. As well as the ospreys, crested tits, capers, red squirrels and pine martens, ...
Continue reading Looking out for incy wincy

Summer in the pinewoods....queen wood ants are on the wing, ground beetles are scurrying, dor beetles are dumbling, fritillaries are fluttering, redstarts are singing, crossbills are foraging....there's nowhere else I'd ...
Continue reading Pinewood paradise at Mar Lodge