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“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” #Meiklewood #Gargunnock
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Great news… another example of how 2025 has been such a brilliant Spring & early Summer for Insects / Pollinators.

This is a good & fair point from @moorlandassoc.bsky.social . @rspb.bsky.social has clearly got plenty of funds & people to build & publish counts on their many reserves, yet they don’t publish them. Why not? Why the secrecy? I would be v. interested as I’m sure many would in the #data. #Birds

Army of #Wasps v #SolitaryBees hotel … Pretty clear who has won this battle (all happened in the space of a week). Hmmm.

#Beaver Boy No. 6 (could be No. 9 from the group downstream) is very happy that the #RiverForth is up ~1.5m after a couple of days of rain upstream West of us. Can now easily access one of their favourite patches of Willow (they haven’t left many; used to be 8 trees there).

#SongThrushes still going strong after 10pm… They’ll be up and at it at ~4.45am. What stamina. #LastBirdOfMyDay #Meiklewood

Scorpionfly spotted in the garden: “…mating can be a dangerous game for the male who might easily be killed by the female. So he presents her with a nuptial gift of a dead insect or a mass of saliva to placate her - the equivalent of a box of chocolates!” From @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Had a #BlossomBlizzard at #Meiklewood from that first bit of rain in weeks.

Gorgeous #WhiteErmine #Moth , good morning. Such beautiful markings.

#Mayfly doing their dance over the East lawn … RiverForth is less than half a mile away so it is not completely madness. They always seem to do it at that spot each year. #Wagtails are very happy…

#Lapwings : On Right of train North, beside Anderstone with Lucker, there is a marshy area, where the #WinlawBurn passes. I think I saw Curlew to the North of the area. No idea whose land it is but wonderful to see. 👏👏#FirstBirdOfMyDay #Northumberland

#PeonyPorn #Peonies #FlowerPower #WalledGarden

#Roses #WalledGarden …

#Hare Pairs have patch punch up. Started off with sweet & calm lawn couple 1. Then lawn couple 2 got a bit too close. Nose & ear twitching started. Agitation. Some lolloping but everyone getting closer. It all kicks off; jumping, thumping, a skedaddle to the finished daffs. Peace now? #Meiklewood

@troopersnooks.bsky.social - 👏many thanks for this, your paw print in the front and the name-check in the back. Many congratulations to you again and I am much looking forward to diving into some #HedgePorn and your views on the #countryside. Best wishes from the Costa del Stirling. Tom.

So much #Hares Love… two pairs who simply don’t go more than a couple of yards apart.