Zombie fungi.
We have had it in ants and hover flies but now spiders.
We have several ispot posts of Gibellula ssp. This new one will, no doubt, be added to the Attenborough Taxonomy List.
I anticipate some rather more hysterical headlines from the tabloids…
Fulgensia fulgens, (since they didn’t mention its name).
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EDIT
Gyalolechia fulgens Is now the current name.
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I remember being shown the patch of Fulgensia in the mid-90s. It was an introduction, someone having been paid £5000 to bring it in from southern England. I think “habitat loss” is a rather simplistic explanation for its disappearance from having been widespread, given how much effort has been put into maintaining the Breck. I wonder if anyone has modelled its tolerance to atmospheric pollutants such as nitrogen from chicken farms. But the public loves a reintroduction so who am I to smear Plantlife’s golden goose.
SWT acquires Inverbroom estate.
Quite a change, apparently, for SWT to manage a big estate.
Another site Scottish Wildlife Trust buys Inverbloom Estate after huge donation | The Scottish Farmer
Reports that “ The charity plans nature restoration work which will support the Scottish Government’s ambitions to “protect 30 per cent of our land and seas for nature by 2030”, in line with international targets.”
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The issue of deer management in Inverbroom estate sounds like it may cause some other local landowners problems; deer seem to roam freely over several estates
I cannot understand the reference in the Guardian article to the Assynt Foundation, as that’s north of Ullapool and Inverbroom is south of Ullapool.
I missed this on the BBC News site a week or so back - the link is to the “official” site:
It was apparently delayed by problems with the extensive (and exPensive) fencing that was needed. The site is adjacent to a shopping complex that also attracts a lot of casual walkers, dog-emptiers, and various other souls, so a very secure enclosure was essential.
I expect I’ll be the first iSpotter to spot this!
Seashell recycling bin
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That is a very satisfying design.
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Pretty unidentifiable though, JoC!
The deeply notched siphonal canal suggests a whelk to me.
Beam me up, Scotty: