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Fay Brotherhood's Ecological Adventures
By Fay Brotherhood BSc (Hons) MSc, FISC4
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Racomitrium species of the Scottish Southern Lowlands
Exploration of Racomitrium mosses in the Moffat Hills
Fay Brotherhood
Feb 61 min read
Moss in the Moffat Hills
Another post from my trip to Scotland in January for the Temple of Prog! As I climbed toward the Grey Mares Tail gorge I was struck by...
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Feb 41 min read
Grey Mares Tail Waterfall - Jan 2025
The rather "provocatively feminine" Grey Mares Tail waterfall on the Moffat Hills, Southern Uplands. One of Scotlands highest waterfalls...
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Jan 262 min read
The "Bomb" rocks of Charnwood Lodge National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire
The "bomb rocks" of Charnwood Lodge National Nature Reserve are exposures of coarse and fragmented volcanic rocks, arranged chaotically...
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
Petrichor and the Powdery Earthcap (Cystoderma amianthinum)
This stinky guy is called Cystoderma amianthinum (powdery earthcap). It is an indicator of heaths/acid grassland and other acidic, low...
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Nov 6, 20244 min read
Bat Music - Harmonics and Horseshoe bats
The really cool thing about horseshoe bats is their use of harmonics. Using their nose leaf they can filter down a note to focus in on a hig
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
"Fields Yellow with Charlock"
On yesterday's session of government sanctioned exercise, this field in the eWoodhall estate near Tewin in Hertfordshire stuck out to me....
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Apr 13, 20204 min read
Field Woodrush, an indicator of antiquity?
Field woodrush can be an indicator of nutrient poor, acidic soils and can be an additional indicator of historic grassland. But....
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Apr 9, 20205 min read
2019...what an amazing year!
2019. I hoped this one would be better than the relentless endurance test of financial disasters and personal crises that marked 2018 and...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read
What Makes a Bat Super Highway?
Look closely and you will find in that network of many potential bat commuting routes traversing the landscape.
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Dec 10, 20194 min read
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