Shining a Light on Iridescence in Nature
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As many will already know, iridescence refers to a bright colour which seems to change depending on the angle that you look at it. This is something which can be …
Black birds which aren’t blackbirds
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Is it a crow, a rook or a raven? What even are the differences? Corvids (aka the crow family) are a common and highly intelligent group of birds, the members …
The Marvellous Pea Family
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Unless you’re into your botany, you might think that the origin of the popular edible garden pea was from a small lineage of wild peas; however in reality the members …
Why do wagtails wag?
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Grey wagtails, Motacilla cinerea, are a daily sight here at Falls of Clyde. They are more colourful that their name suggests, with distinctive lemon yellow belly and underparts, to contrast …
The Colour of a Waterfall
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The last few weeks have seen the weather in the Clyde Valley go from virtually non-stop sunshine, to a fairly constant wall of rain. The effect that this has had …
Bombing Bee flies
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Following on from last week’s post on St Mark’s flies, Flyday, Saturday we’ve spotted another fly species here at the Falls of Clyde, which has a rather interesting life-cycle. Bee-flies are …
Flyday, Saturday
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I renamed last Saturday, Flyday. Shame that what I observed didn’t happen the day before. Whilst outside enjoying the stunning weather, I realised there were a plethora of winged beasts …
Bumbling baby badgers
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As mentioned in our last blog post,They’re getting ready, badger cubs are making their first staggering steps into their woodland home after being born in their underground sett around eight …
They’re getting ready…..
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Here at the Falls of Clyde we’ve been monitoring our badger sets for activity. At this time of year badgers will become more active and the cubs, which were born …
Mycelium: solving a mushroom mystery
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Mushrooms have historically been associated with magic, partly due to many species having hallucinogenic properties, but also because mushrooms seemingly appear out of the ground from no obvious source. One …