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Published on: April 1, 2019May 25, 2019 by Hebridean Naturalist Category:Hebridean Naturalists 1 Comment
Hebridean Naturalists on Vatersay

The Outer Hebrides are a string of islands on north-west edge of the British Isles, separated from the mainland and islands of the Inner Hebrides by the Minch and Sea of the Hebrides. All the islands all have their own distinct character; their landscapes and rich wildlife protected by...

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489 for 4 – Garden Wildlife

Published on: January 3, 2021January 4, 2021 by Robin Sutton Category:Garden Wildlife 3 Comments

Animal species in my garden Not a cricket score but the number of animal species recorded from my garden over the last four years.  It does however remind me of the memorable day ten years ago in November 2010 when as I perused the overnight cricket scores from Australia...

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Walking on Water

Published on: October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 by Hebridean Naturalist Category:Aquatic Insects, Freshwater Life, Insects, True Bugs (Hemiptera) Comment
Pondskater Gerris thoracicus

Sometimes a common term can create very different images depending on how you view the world. So what picture does the term “pond skater” bring to mind? An iconic work of art or an aquatic insect?   The champion pond skaters of the natural world, the water measurers (Hydrometridae),...

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Signs of Spring survey 2020

Published on: October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 by Robin Sutton Category:Birds, Butterflies, Flora, Insects, Uncategorized, Wildlife 1 Comment

Back in January a few of us involved in Curracag and the Outer Hebrides Biological Recording group decided to launch a phenology survey we ended up calling Signs of Spring. Phenology is the study of when things happen and for centuries people have systematically recorded when certain natural events...

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A Profusion of Pipits

Published on: September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 by Hebridean Naturalist Category:Birds Comment
Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis

The elegant, soaring song flights of larks embellishing a summer morning are celebrated in the the glorious collective term an “elevation of larks”. Alas there is no such epipthet for the Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis). The sound of a male pipit ascending to declare his territory is unlikely to...

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Another carnivorous plant in the Outer Hebrides?

Published on: May 23, 2020October 11, 2020 by Robin Sutton Category:Flora, Garden Wildlife, Insects, Wildlife 2 Comments

I enjoyed reading the recent summary of insectivorous plants in the Outer Hebrides and was reminded of it whilst taking part in my ritual but futile summer Horsetail pulling. Like many, my garden is riddled with horsetail and we have an uneasy truce. It grows, I pull it up,...

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