Massive Scots pine at an abandoned farm above Ganllwyd. Scots pine used in Wales to highlight places on the landscape drovers could overnight with herds. #ThickTrunkTuesday
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Massive Scots pine at an abandoned farm above Ganllwyd. Scots pine used in Wales to highlight places on the landscape drovers could overnight with herds. #ThickTrunkTuesday
#MustelidMonday offerings from the Mawddach woodlands. Pine marten mummy (closest with reddish fur) and 2 kits rest on a fallen Oak. Cwm Mynach - CoedCadw #Eryri #Meirionnydd #Wales
#HotStickSaturday banger from Ganllwyd. Lungwort, Lobscrob, Sticta and more. #Lichen #Fungifriends
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Dryads saddle maybe
#Thicktrunktuesday offerings from Shambala festival. Good tree vibes throughout - well worth a visit !
How does a Pine marten eat Bilberries I hear you ask ! Cwm Mynach - Coed Cadw #Meirionnydd #Eryri #Pinemarten @vincentwt.bsky.social
The Wellingtonia of Dolmelynllyn estate for #ThickTrunkTuesday Sheepdog trail edition.
Abandoned in 1921 when the forestry commission started Coed Y Brenin. Trawsnant a hamlet above Coed Ganllwyd featured a chapel, quarry and farms, now its just a fabulous place to hide !
Stepping stone Sunday ? The old hamlet of Trawsnant was abandoned 100 years ago when the forestry commision started Coed y Brenin, this looks older than that possibly Cymmer Abbey monks ? Any stepping stone experts out there ! #Standingstonesunday
Hot n beardy Usnea florida #HotStickSaturday
This is the way Meirionnydd road sign Lichen action. #lichen #fungifriends
Coppiced Oak from the edges of the superb Celtic rain forest that is Coed Ganllwyd. #Thicktrunktuesday #Eryri
All the best edibles are out now. #fungifriends
Celtic rain forest Oak above the Mawddach. #Thicktrunktuesday
Fach Goch standing stone above Tremadog. The not on any maps section is in the comments ! #Standingstonesunday
So many hillforts on the Mawddach, I suppose the natural beauty and resourses where worth protecting ?
Scent marking Polecats for #mustelidmonday at Coed Cadws amazing temperate rain forest Coed lletywalter up the back of Llanbedr. @vincentwt.bsky.social
I would like to know if there is any info on the origins of spirals and concentric circle art ? Do they originate in the same place or at the same time or is there no way of actually knowing ?
Clearing out the invasive species at Coed Tyn y Coed, Rhodydendron and conifers removed from a sublime Celtic rainforest near Barmouth. #WorldNatureConservationDay #Eryri #Meirionnydd
She still had 3 kits in tow on the 10th, 1st time thats happened here
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Another stunning Moth on the factory wall tonight, Dolgellau #Mothsmatter
Xanthoria Portmeiriontina #Eryri #fungifriends #lichen
Like flies around a stinkhorn. #fungifriends
To late in the walk to climb up and investigate ! Stunning location at Cwm Mynach, Cader and its northern foothills to one side and the Rhinoggydd the other. #StandingstoneSunday
The all seeing Eyechen ! #fungifriends #lichen
The Dyffryn Ardudwy and Talybont millennium mug. #TombTuesday
If your into #Thicktrunktuesday Brithdirs torrent walk has some nice trees.
Mustelid Monday snaps of a Pine marten scatting and scenting. The camera even got the flies flying around the scat !
The Solid Steele mix is well worth a listen
Tide line Lichens from Barmouth. Ramalina, Leconora, Xanthoria and Caloplaca all loving the salty sun kissed rocks. Anyone know the dark Parmelia one ? #Lichen #FungiFriends
Beautiful Moth outside the factory last night. Dolgellau #mothsmatter
Mustelid Monday offerings from the sublime Mawddach estuary. Pine marten with 3 kits enjoying the mossy branches of this temperate rain forest Oak. #Eryri #Meirionnydd #Mawddach @vincentwt.bsky.social
Im not sure it was a Jay, when I put it on youtube ill post the link here
Was gonna do a f*ck around - find out post but im not 100 % on the bird id ! Definately had its head ripped off mustelid style. #Pinemartens #Eryri
Ffridd is the bit between the woods and the mountain tops where the trees get sparcer and the heathland begins. There are gems to be found, Cladonia lichens, Orchids and some fungi I do not know ! #Eryri #FungiFriends
Dryads sadle probably, Wern Mynach Barmouth #Fungifriends
Loballion lichen ! Treelungwort #Eryri #Lichen #FungiFriday
Show me a better view from a portaloo. Ill wait ! #Eryri
PHantastic barks and the Lichens that love em. #Fungifriends #Lichen
From the Mawddach cloud forest ! Silver birch #ThicktrunkTuesday
Sticta limbata with something else growing on top, maybe a Cladonia ? #HotStickSaturday
Couldnt bring myself to take the ivy and moss off, the ground around it is moss covered wobbly rocks be more carefull the closer you get !
Heath spotted orchids now lighting up the forest edges. #Eryri
#owls #Tawneyowl #birdsong
Sound up for Tawney owls making strange calls. Any one know whats going on here ? @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Mawddach Pine marten with full moulting face mask enjoying the temperate zone. #eryri #Mawddach #Meirionnydd
Pyrenula macrospora twigs rock #HotStickSaturday
Saturday mornings moon set.
Can you see a circle ? Cors Y Gedol #StandingStoneSunday
@pinetencolin.bsky.social Is this how your Pms leave their shells ?
Llanbedr as usual ! Coed Lletywalter
Extra beard floof. #Lichen #FungiFriends
Stitchwort, Bluebell and Herb Robert from Coed Lletywalter in Llanbedr. #Wildflowerhour
Not on any maps Not a tree stump Not got the energy to climb up and take off the ivy and check for spirals and the like ! #Standingstonesunday
Meirionnydd road sign lichen action. #FungiFriday #Lichen
Ace vid, comments section also entertaining, if any of your followers require more trees with their stoney wanderings send them to Meirionnydd.
Monday morning moss n mushroom mashup. #moss #Fungifriends
Bog restoration highlights from Coed Cadws biggest restoration site Cwm Mynach. Milkwort, Lousewort and a very small Sundew #Wildflowerhour
#StandingStoneSunday offerings from the Meirionnydd pub in Dolgellau !
Cladonia Lichen with lots of fruits on top of proliferated cups. My key says Ochrochlora but probably not. #FungiFriends #Lichen
This cakes well past its best but with that dusting of Veilwort id still eat it. #FungiFriends
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How many Cladonias can you see ? #FungiFriends #Lichen #Eryri
Wild garlic, Broom and Woodsorrel from the Mawddach woodlands for #WildFlowerHour
Faux #StandingStoneSunday offering from the Mawddach woodlands. Tall erratic with a dusting of celtic rainforest.
The bottom of the gorge is now the garlic zone.
When the gates like this you know its gonna be good. #FungiFriends #lichen
Sea mist rolls in for a game of 2 halfs #Barmouth
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#Thicktrunktuesday offerings from Penmaenpool.
The Welsh Pine martens are now out in the day. #Eryri #Pinemarten
The Eryri woodlands are buzzing now ! #Eryri
Meirionnydd road sign Lichen action. #Fungifriends
#FungiFriday offerings from a typical Meirionnydd farm! Fence posts, nets and concrete all getting the Lichen treatment. #FungiFriends
#MustelidMonday from the Pine marten playground that is the Mawddach. #Eryri #Meirionnydd
Lichen net loving it #fungifriends
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Mawddach Pine marten for #mustelidmonday #Eryri
Sporophytes in the sun. #Moss #Eryri
Fork fest #fungifriends #Moss
Wow just come across another amazing-looking Welsh chambered tomb I’d never heard of before: Sling (near site of Llandygai early henge / circular enclosure) thanks TimPrevett on @megalithic.bsky.social another one for the bucket list #TombTuesday www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
Scent marking on the Mawddach. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Eryri #Pinemarten
A map to the Liberty realm drawn by the "Tylywch Teg"
Still standind and made of stone but not on any maps. Adding wonder to wandering the Rhinog mountains are full of interesting stoney bits. #Eryri
Second one has (maybe!) Usnea florida and Evernia prunastri
#HotStickSaturday minus the Lichens.
#ThickTrunkTuesday offerings from Barmouth, this might be the conker tree of my youth ? If not then its the other chonker lurking behind.
#TombTuesday offerings from the Walter Lloyd Jones sales room Barmouth.
Wallpennywort emerging from the Porella. #Celticrainforest #Eryri
I.d. book says Cobalt crust but it doesnt look like the last one I found. Any one know this one ? #FungiFriends
Lichen sabre, cannot remember which version this is but as always Moelfre is in the distance. #HotStickSaturday
Dense Graphis action at Coed Lletywalter Llenbedr. #FungiFriends
