This Sat, members of Edinburgh Natural History Society are attending Glasgow's Science Festival: Rediscovering Natural History - an event also in celebration of Glasgow Natural History Society’s 175th anniversary.
Come and say hi, find us near our poster
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2 juvenile and 2 adult Herons fishing at Duddingston Loch a week ago. Adult's bill just visible behind the juv in first pic. @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
I put a small handful of suet pellets and mealworms down for the Robins, feeding young in the nest. Sorry wee Speug, you’re not getting any. @btogbw.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
Bugs Matter. Download the app to record the bugs splatted on your vehicle during a journey, long or short, over the summer. #buglife #ukwildlife #naturecommunity
www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved...
Flash-talk at Glasgow NHS 175yr celebration #GlasgowScienceFestival on Sat. Toby Miller 'Clyde in the Classroom and Beyond'. Local children get their hands muddy, feet wet, exploring & learning what lies in their local river, the Clyde. What a great way to educate our naturalists of the future.
A distinctive cranefly, Epiphragma ocellare, at Bawsinch NR @scotwildlife.bsky.social seen on 22 and 26 May this year, also 28 May last year (recorded). Cryptic circle pattern on its wings reminds me a bit of female Orange-tip's wing underside @dipterists.bsky.social
Adult Alpine Newt, Ichthyosaura (or Mesotriton?) alpestris, seen at Bawsinch NR, Edinburgh on 10/05/2026, under a log which I had turned over. @twic.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
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Celebrate the Glasgow Natural History Society’s 175th anniversary by looking at how science activities can help protect biodiversity.
Citizen science - The Bugs Matter survey We need lots of people to take part this summer, sharing findings from their journeys to help us understand more about our insect populations!
Update: The Robins are feeding young in nest. Watching them to-ing and fro-ing, I dug up another bit of ground. One of them brought out a faecal sac and deposited it on the washing line. @bto-gbw.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
Hot off the BBC news this afternoon:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not a fan of new garden bird feeding regime. Robin tried to get into squirrel-proof fat ball feeder cos no food on ground for it or its mate. Newly-fledged Robin 2 days ago but not since. Dug a patch of earth & they both got grubs. Best I can do. @bto-gbw.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
The charity says the purchase is an important step in halting declining seabird numbers in the Firth of Forth.
Not a fan of new garden bird feeding regime. Robin tried to get into squirrel-proof fat ball feeder cos no food on ground for it or its mate. Newly-fledged Robin 2 days ago but not since. Dug a patch of earth & they both got grubs. Best I can do. @bto-gbw.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
