Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
03 September 2017
Tree eyrie of a Golden Eagle
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
A tree eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar
16 August 2024
Beard lichen on Common Hawthorn , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield
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Campsie and Fintry Hills
Beard lichen (Usnia sp.), possibly Old Man's Beard (Usnia hirta), growing on a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield. Lichens growing in this profusion are a sign of pure air quality.
26 December 2023
Beard lichen on Common Hawthorn , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield
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Campsie and Fintry Hills
Beard lichen (Usnia sp.), possibly Old Man's Beard (Usnia hirta), growing on a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) , Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield. Lichens growing in this profusion are a sign of pure air quality.
The dried-up remains of leafy bracts which previously contained a hazelnut, Campsie Dene Road, Blanefield
26 December 2023
Rowan or Mountain Ash sapling near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Rowan or Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) sapling near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Juniper with dieback, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Juniper (Juniperus communis), taken by David Palmar on the Juniper Walk at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire. The plant is clearly suffering from a form of dieback, probably a species of Phytophthora, a fungus-like disease in the soil, which is spreading in Larch and Rhododendron amongst other plants.
