It’s a bit “meh” out there, so here’s another #winter #wader fix — the #Sanderling. Often seen zooming back and forth in the wave splash zone. They don’t have a hallux (hind toe), which cuts down resistance on firm sand and lets them shift along at a quick pace. A clever physical

Plenty of our regular #waders around the #EastLothian coastline at the moment feeding on the mudflats and strandline. #redshank, #oystercatcher & #turnstone are on the watchlist (amber) for conservation concern & the #curlew is flagged as being in serious trouble (red-listed).

Tonight at the #NatureOfScotland Awards, we're launching a fantastic prize draw for an amazing seven-night, self-catering stay at RSPB Mersehead on the Solway coast. For your chance to win, visit here:

The next #NatureOfScotland award winners are: 🌳 Health and wellbeing award: Recovery Through Nature in the Phoenix Forest ⚓ Innovation: It'll Never Work - A Ground-breaking Electric Fishing Vessel 🐞 Nature tourism: Biosphere Experiences: Nature-Friendly Adventures for All

The next group of winners at the #NatureOfScotland Awards 2025 are: ⛳ Business for nature: Seven Golf Courses for Nature 🌊 Coasts and waters: Green Shores ⛰️ Nature and climate action: Affric Highlands Well done everyone!

Cancel - #BerwickBank - it threatens to be the deadliest windfarm for internationally important #seabirds in the world. Please join @SeabirdCentre and take action now - tell SSE and Scotland’s First Minister to #CancelBerwickBank. ▶️

Winter golf ⛳️ A chilly 🥶 but braw day @dunbargolfclub today. Long shadows casting across the greens and fairways in low sunshine ☀️ Great company with the ladies too. #wintergolf #eastlothian #scottishgolf

It wasn’t smiles by the end …. What a disappointing 2nd half, what a disappointing outcome. @Scotlandteam need to play 80 minutes with structure & passion. 😭

The purple-blue flowers of #Phacelia - widely used in Scotland as a cover crop to improve soil health. It suppresses weeds, adds organic matter, and supports pollinators. It can be planted late in the season and brings a late splash of colour to the landscape. #Farming

Not to be at Murrayfield (yet again). Kind of hoped Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 may have turned up in the first half too against New Zealand 🇳🇿. #AsOne

A common find on the stumps of dead broadleaved trees and moss - the #candlesnuff fungus with its black base, grey mid-section and white tip. Laboratory studies have shown that extracts from these #fungi can inhibit certain viruses in test-tube conditions. #fungus #woodland

Binning wood in #EastLothian in its autumn colours - quite spectacular. No other words required. #BinningWood #AutumnColours #Autumn #WoodlandWalks #Woodland

A grey heron “foot-paddling” or “foot-stirring” - a movement they use when hunting for prey in murky or moving water, where visibility is reduced. This one is a regular sight on the #EddlestonWater at #Peebles #greyheron #urbanwildlife #birds #birdphotography #naturelovers

Plenty of winter plumage #turnstones to be seen along the tide line of the coast - resting at high tide or scurrying around turning over seaweed or stones in search of food. They can turnover their body weight ~120g. #birds #bird #waders #birdbehaviour #EastLothian

It was definitely landscape views between #AberladyBay and #GullaneSands earlier in the week - #saltmarsh #mudflats #sanddunes & #beach habitats stretching out to the #FirthOfForth - love it #landscape #coastal #coastalwalks #seascape #wildlifehabitat

A favourite perch for the #bluetits in our garden is the willow tree. They find plenty of insects to peck off the leaves. Not long until those leaves all fall #autumn 🍁 #gardenbirds #gardenbirdwatch #bird #birds #nature #featheredfriends

Having been “runner up” in two of the Dunbar golf club finals this year (mixed and singles knockout) I was chuffed to come away with two prizes at the ladies annual prize giving last night - Swanston Plate and Christie Cup. My #golf ⛳️ occasionally rises to a good game! #golfing

Coastal #saltmarsh is flushed pink just now with #glasswort (Salicornia spp.) As salt levels rise through evaporation and cooler nights set in, anthocyanin pigments build up in the stems, leading to this change in colour from green to bright pink. #EastLothian #Nature #Coast

The bright orange #seabuckthorn sparks debate; whether to remove it for being so dominant or keep it for the benefits it brings to soil, air and wildlife. I came across #SeabuckthornScotland a social enterprise creating natural products from it ▶️ https://t.co/gWPm1h1Oqz

Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨 We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis. The First Minister must stop this project.