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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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Seashells on the Seashore

Published on: January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 by Hebridean Naturalist Category:Invertebrates, Marine Life Comment
Seashells on the strandline

Beachcombing Some of us are inveterate beachcombers and cannot resist the urge to poke about in the flotsam and jetsam, examine an interesting piece of seaweed or collect a handful of shells. For most people this is just part of a walk on the beach and it goes no...

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Seashells on the Seashore II

Published on: January 7, 2023January 8, 2023 by Hebridean Naturalist Category:Invertebrates, Marine Life Comment
Thin tellins Tellina tenuis

The area we call the seashore lies between the high-water mark, the shoreline, and line which marks the lowest level to which the water retreats on a falling tide. This is a transitional habitat shaped by the action of the sea, the geology of the land and geographical location....

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489 for 4 – Garden Wildlife

Published on: January 3, 2021December 27, 2022 by Robin Sutton Category:Garden Wildlife 3 Comments

Animal species in my garden In the first year I concentrated on moths and then started on some of the other invertebrates I was catching in the moth trap and on general sightings of some of the more charismatic, and relatively easily identifiable, groups of insects – butterflies, hoverflies,...

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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

  The champion pond skaters of the natural world, the water measurers (Hydrometridae), pond skaters (Gerridae) and water crickets (Veliidae), are no less accomplished than the Reverend Walker. Their legs are equally long and elegant, although they have six rather than two, their skill is a combination of natural...

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Signs of Spring survey 2020

Published on: October 10, 2020December 13, 2022 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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