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https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/adder-vipera-berus.html Islay Natural History Trust: Adder (Vipera berus) Tony Cowan sent us this picture of an adder found upside down and dead on the road just north of Claddach at the end of August. Nigel Han... islay natural history trustadderviperaberus https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2015/07/ Islay Natural History Trust: July 2015 islay natural history trustjuly https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/grey-squirrel-found-on-skye.html Islay Natural History Trust: Grey Squirrel found on Skye Full story - redsquirrelsofthehighlands.co.uk islay natural history trustgreysquirrelfoundskye https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2017/06/ Islay Natural History Trust: June 2017 islay natural history trustjune https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2012/11/sheep-on-kale-under-moon-lyrabus.html Islay Natural History Trust: Sheep on kale under the moon - Lyrabus islay natural history trustunder the moonsheep https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2012/05/water-mint-smaull.html Islay Natural History Trust: Water mint - Smaull islay natural history trustwater mint https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html Islay Natural History Trust: SNH video about bees islay natural history trustvideo aboutsnhbees https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/12/choughs.html Islay Natural History Trust: Choughs In 2009, a pair of Choughs bred in a dilapidated stone barn forming part of our garden boundary and reared five young. It was quite somethin... islay natural history trust https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/05/mute-swan-cygnets.html Islay Natural History Trust: Mute Swan Cygnets The pair at Crosshouses have hatched six cygnets - always a photo opportunity! It was however rather grey and quite windy s... islay natural history trustmuteswan https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/british-wildlife-photography-awards_15.html Islay Natural History Trust: British Wildlife Photography Awards Steve Ellett - Frog Spawn islay natural history trustbritish wildlifephotographyawards https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/machir-bay.html Islay Natural History Trust: Machir Bay Ringed plover and Turnstones on the beach at Machir Bay a couple of days ago. islay natural history trustbay https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/05/large-red-damselfly.html Islay Natural History Trust: Large Red Damselfly Large Red Damselfly (female I think) seen at the pond in Jura House Garden today. Carl islay natural history trustlargereddamselfly https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2014/12/walk-at-killinallan.html Islay Natural History Trust: Walk at Killinallan Lorna and I sadly resigned ourselves to a non-boggy walk yesterday - yes, the amount of rain we've had over the past month or so has even d... islay natural history trustwalk https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/danny-arnold-so-you-think-moths-are.html Islay Natural History Trust: Danny Arnold - - "So You Think Moths Are Brown And Boring?" islay natural history trust https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/03/splendours-of-serengeti-peter-roberts.html Islay Natural History Trust: 'Splendours of the Serengeti' - Peter Roberts at the Centre tomorrow... islay natural history trust https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/wildlife-photography-competition-brian.html Islay Natural History Trust: Wildlife Photography Competition - Brian Turner We received another nice couple of shots from Brian for our competition, thanks to him. The competition closes at the end of October, so sti... islay natural history trustwildlife photographycompetitionbrianturner https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/british-wildlife-photography-awards_22.html Islay Natural History Trust: British Wildlife Photography Awards Phillip Thomas - Wood Mouse islay natural history trustbritish wildlifephotographyawards https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/03/buzzard-on-jura-james-deane.html Islay Natural History Trust: Buzzard on Jura - James Deane Another lovely raptor shot from James... islay natural history trustbuzzardjurajamesdeane https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/06/bombus-cryptarum-cryptic-bumble-bee.html Islay Natural History Trust: Bombus cryptarum - 'Cryptic' Bumble Bee I'm glad someone pointed out this Bumble Bee on yesterday's ramble because it prompted me to go and do a bit of bumble bee study, an area co... islay natural history trustbombuscrypticbumblebee https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/beach-foam.html Islay Natural History Trust: Beach foam A few years ago, I was accosted (verbally) by a well-meaning, but misguided, young "eco-warrior" (her description!) who was appalled at the ... islay natural history trustbeachfoam https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/goose-barnacle.html Islay Natural History Trust: Goose barnacle George found this Goose barnacle (Pedunculata) on the shore in front of his house. Goose barnacles are filter-feeding crustaceans that li... islay natural history trustgoosebarnacle https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/spiny-lobster-or-crayfish-palinurus.html Islay Natural History Trust: Spiny lobster or Crayfish - Palinurus elephas - Clive Booth Thanks to Clive for this shot of a crayfish being caught in a tangle net off Islay. Crays are a very sought after catch - commanding even... islay natural history trustspiny lobster https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/identification-puzzle.html Islay Natural History Trust: Identification puzzle A visitor here the week before last sent in this photograph and asked for help with identifying the plant. She thought it might be a Vaccin... islay natural history trustidentificationpuzzle https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/gnight-john-boy.html Islay Natural History Trust: G'night John-boy Sunset over Loch Gorm this evening. G'night all... islay natural history trustgjohnboy https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2013/01/ Islay Natural History Trust: January 2013 islay natural history trustjanuary https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/national-farmers-union-makes-case-for.html Islay Natural History Trust: National Farmers Union makes case for retaining snares UNION MAKES CASE ON PREDATOR CONTROL MEASURES With lambing on Scottish farms due to start in earnest next month, NFU Scotland has reiterat... islay natural history trustnational farmers union https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/04/lesser-celandines-at-lorgba-ranunculus.html Islay Natural History Trust: Lesser Celandines at Lorgba (Ranunculus ficaria) islay natural history trustlesserranunculus https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-evidence-of-storm.html Islay Natural History Trust: More evidence of the storm Visitors to Islay will be familiar with the wind-shaped wood at Lyrabus on the way to Gruinart. Here it is after last week's storm. The wood... islay natural history trustmore evidencestorm https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/chough-shed.html Islay Natural History Trust: Chough Shed A few years ago now, SNH, in conjunction with local farmers, erected a number of wooden sheds in places around Islay where it was thought t... islay natural history trustchoughshed https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/kingfisher-on-sorn-image-fritz-haen.html Islay Natural History Trust: Kingfisher on the Sorn - image Fritz Haen Mark from Octomore, who is working as a keeper on Islay Estates, reports that he has seen a Kingfisher on the River Sorn on two occasions du... islay natural history truston thekingfisher https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-first-welcome-to-islay-evening-is.html Islay Natural History Trust: Our first 'Welcome to Islay' evening is a success Many thanks to all those who made our first Welcome to Islay Evening such a success. We had over fifty people attending. Michael Thompson ... islay natural history trust https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/three-otters-at-shorefield.html Islay Natural History Trust: Three otters at the Shorefield Alan and Linda, whose house overlooks the Shorefield, told us they were watching three, maybe four, otters this morning for around 15 minut... islay natural history trustthreeottersshorefield https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/12/roe-deer-in-autumn-colours.html Islay Natural History Trust: Roe deer in autumn colours A Roe Deer matching the autumn colours of Juncus in the foreground and bracken behind. I took this photo yesterday during a lull in the prol... islay natural history trustroe deerin autumncolours https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/goats.html Islay Natural History Trust: Goats You can see feral goats in several parts of Islay, including, especially, The Oa, the Rinns, and the north coast. A census a few years ago f... islay natural history trustgoats https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-amphibians.html Islay Natural History Trust: First Amphibians Like Ian and Margaret, I saw my first amphibians of the year on the road while driving back from Port Ellen last night. Could not swear as ... islay natural history trustfirstamphibians https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/campbeltown-wind-turbine-factory-in.html Islay Natural History Trust: Campbeltown wind turbine factory in administration Argyll wind turbine factory in turmoil Published: 27/10/2010 THE future of a wind turbine factory in Argyll is in doubt only a year af... islay natural history trustwind turbinecampbeltownfactoryadministration https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2012/04/loch-indaal-from-carnain.html Islay Natural History Trust: Loch Indaal from Carnain islay natural history trustloch https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/saligo-james-deane.html Islay Natural History Trust: Saligo - James Deane Many thanks to James for these spectacular shots of Saligo yesterday... islay natural history trustjamesdeane https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/high-winds.html Islay Natural History Trust: High winds We have had very high winds on Islay for the third day in succession. Gusts last night and this morning have been more than 50mph. We have... islay natural history trusthighwinds https://islaynaturalhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/adder-vipera-berus.html Islay Natural History Trust: Adder (Vipera berus) Tony Cowan sent us this picture of an adder found upside down and dead on the road just north of Claddach at the end of August. Nigel Han... islay natural history trustadderviperaberus