#cairngorms — Public Fediverse posts

The woods are full of fungi. Many Amanita muscaria. #fungi #mushrooms #cairngorms #nature

Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

#AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

#NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

#MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

Love going #MushroomPicking with @dana

They are good at the identification side of things, but sometimes I have to do the scrambling to reach them, as in the case of this penny bun...

Taken on our tenth anniversary getaway in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

#Foraging #Outdoors

"In Scandinavia, rowans growing out of some inaccessible cleft in a rock, or crevices in a tree possessed an even more powerful magic. Such trees were known as ‘flying rowan’"

#Rowan magic in the #Cairngorms? Inset is the #ScotsPine 'host'.

"In Scandinavia, rowans growing out of some inaccessible cleft in a rock, or crevices in a tree possessed an even more powerful magic. Such trees were known as ‘flying rowan’"

#Rowan magic in the #Cairngorms? Inset is the #ScotsPine 'host'.

"In Scandinavia, rowans growing out of some inaccessible cleft in a rock, or crevices in a tree possessed an even more powerful magic. Such trees were known as ‘flying rowan’"

#Rowan magic in the #Cairngorms? Inset is the #ScotsPine 'host'.

"In Scandinavia, rowans growing out of some inaccessible cleft in a rock, or crevices in a tree possessed an even more powerful magic. Such trees were known as ‘flying rowan’"

#Rowan magic in the #Cairngorms? Inset is the #ScotsPine 'host'.

And if you don't photograph this tree, have you actually done the Lairig Ghru? 🤔

#Cairngorms #Rothiemurchus #LairigGhru #ScotsPine

And if you don't photograph this tree, have you actually done the Lairig Ghru? 🤔

#Cairngorms #Rothiemurchus #LairigGhru #ScotsPine

And if you don't photograph this tree, have you actually done the Lairig Ghru? 🤔

#Cairngorms #Rothiemurchus #LairigGhru #ScotsPine

And if you don't photograph this tree, have you actually done the Lairig Ghru? 🤔

#Cairngorms #Rothiemurchus #LairigGhru #ScotsPine

Looking south across the Lairig Ghru from Braeriach, over Cairn Toul, towards Ben MacDui and Carn a'Mhaim on an immaculate cold and clear winter's day. The sort of day when being on the hill is almost spiritual. Being local allows the opportunity to make the most of #DaysLikeThese .

#WinterMountain #Cairngorms #Scotland #Photography #LandscapePhotography