The onset of Spring brings a variety of blue flowered plants such a bluebells, hyacinths and squills in our gardens, parks and woodlands. The bluebell is ‘easily’ recognisable. However, there are two or three different types of bluebells. The bluebell that is native to the UK has the Latin or Linnaean name of Hyacinthoides non […]
Several thousand years ago, Scotland was extensively forested. As the Ice Age came to an end, so the glaciers retreated and Scots Pine, birch, rowan, aspen and juniper populated the land, forming the Caledonian* Forest. Pollen records indicate that Scots Pine was present in southern England some 9000 years ago, it then moved into Scotland. […]
Whilst browsing the web looking for reports, information that might interest readers of the blog, we came across a very useful site "Discover the Wild". Discover the Wild offers a number of very useful identification sheets that can be downloaded in PDF form and are easily printed. Some of the sheets / PDFs available are […]