Image of the Week

Each week I post an image on the Home page that I’ve taken recently (or occasionally from my back catalogue). This is an archive of them all.

true bug, parent bug, shield bug, insects mating, birch, bug nymphs,

Herring gull, Larus argentatus, seagull, Moray coast, sandstone cliff

Moray coast, Moray Firth, dramatic light, sun shafts, evening light, dark clouds, rock silhouette

aphid, giving birth, dog rose, rosa canina, Macrosiphum rosae, rose aphid

Cormorants; chicks; feeding at the nest; seabirds; Moray coast; Scotland.

Aphid; giving birth; Acyrthosiphon pisum; insect reproduction; macro photography;

Coastal landscape; dramatic sky; lichens on rocks; dramatic light

Herring gull; chicks; birds breeding; Moray coast: nest site; wildlife; Scotland.

Sandstone cliffs; Moray coast; rainbow; dramatic sky

wood ant; slavemaker ant; aphids; mutualistic relationship; honeydew harvesting, stinging nettle

Deer; roe deer; backlit birches; Capreolus capreolus; new antlers

common gull; gull; nesting; bird in flight; Scotland; coast

Sandstone coast; Moray Coast; sea stack; rock arch; sandstone cliff;

Cormorant, behaviour, wings drying, nesting, Phalacrocorax carbo, Moray Coast

fungus, rust fungus, scots pine, pine needle

Caledonian Forest, snow, winter, Scots pines, lichens

Sunset, Caledonian Forest, Birch trees, spectacular sky

Scots pines, Caledonian Forest, ecological restoration, rewilding

Birch tree, autumn colour, fog, Caledonian Forest, Glen Affric, Scotland

autumn, Caledonian Forest, Strathfarrar, reflection, water

Caledonian Forest, autumn, birch trees, Glen Affric

Caledonian Forest; morning mist, Scots pines

butterfly, painted lady, small tortoiseshell, Findhorn, Scotland

temperate rainforest, Olympic National Park, USA

Ravens (Corvus corax) with chicks in their nest in Glen Affric

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Alan Watson Featherstone @AlanWatsonFeat1·

3 Aug

This suggestion makes a lot of sense. The huge growth in SUV sales has overwhelmed the reduction in emissions due to the sale of fully electric cars. "In the UK last year more than 150,000 new cars sold were too large to fit in a standard parking space." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/03/ban-suv-adverts-to-meet-uk-climate-goals-report-urges

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Alan Watson Featherstone @AlanWatsonFeat1·

30 Jul

Another unique ecosystem being destroyed by fire due to increasing cattle ranching. Like the Amazon, the cerrado (Brazil's savanna) and the Pantanal it's paying the price of the unsustainable growth in meat eating. We need to shift to a plant-based diet. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/30/argentina-delta-fires-rage-out-of-control-parana-river

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Gordon Eaglesham @GordonEaglesham·

29 Jul

Doing a bit of digging into wild boar in Scotland: population unknown, but prob in low 100s. Came across figures for Europe from 2005: France & Germany a million each, Spain and Italy, 600,000. Densely packed Belgium, 21,000. Yet back in Scot, treated like an invasive plague.

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