Is there a more exquisite woodland plant than Moschatel? I'm not sure there is. It's a species I don't see all that often and so it was a nice bonus to see such swathes of it at #RSPB Mersehead
#WildflowerHour
#WoodlandPlants
#Moschatel
#Mersehead
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour
#WoodlandPlants
#Moschatel
#Mersehead
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
April 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Is there a more exquisite woodland plant than Moschatel? I'm not sure there is. It's a species I don't see all that often and so it was a nice bonus to see such swathes of it at #RSPB Mersehead
#WildflowerHour
#WoodlandPlants
#Moschatel
#Mersehead
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour
#WoodlandPlants
#Moschatel
#Mersehead
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
A really enjoyable day in Dumfries today.
Highlights were 2 Willow Tit, GW Egret and both Whitefront subs at Ken Dee Marshes. Then Marsh Harrier, Pintail and this lovely leucistic Barnacle Goose at Mersehead. But no Cetti’s Warbler or Hen Harrier.
#BirdingScotland
@dgbirdnews.bsky.social
Highlights were 2 Willow Tit, GW Egret and both Whitefront subs at Ken Dee Marshes. Then Marsh Harrier, Pintail and this lovely leucistic Barnacle Goose at Mersehead. But no Cetti’s Warbler or Hen Harrier.
#BirdingScotland
@dgbirdnews.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A really enjoyable day in Dumfries today.
Highlights were 2 Willow Tit, GW Egret and both Whitefront subs at Ken Dee Marshes. Then Marsh Harrier, Pintail and this lovely leucistic Barnacle Goose at Mersehead. But no Cetti’s Warbler or Hen Harrier.
#BirdingScotland
@dgbirdnews.bsky.social
Highlights were 2 Willow Tit, GW Egret and both Whitefront subs at Ken Dee Marshes. Then Marsh Harrier, Pintail and this lovely leucistic Barnacle Goose at Mersehead. But no Cetti’s Warbler or Hen Harrier.
#BirdingScotland
@dgbirdnews.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thrift, Armeria maritima.
#RSPB Mersehead on the Solway / Sulwath Estuary.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
#Saltmarsh
#Coastal #Botany
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
#RSPB Mersehead on the Solway / Sulwath Estuary.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
#Saltmarsh
#Coastal #Botany
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
July 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Thrift, Armeria maritima.
#RSPB Mersehead on the Solway / Sulwath Estuary.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
#Saltmarsh
#Coastal #Botany
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
#RSPB Mersehead on the Solway / Sulwath Estuary.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
#Saltmarsh
#Coastal #Botany
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
This week, I have mostly been exploring the magnificent #RSPB Mersehead nature reserve.
Some #WildflowerHour spoilers here 😁
Some #WildflowerHour spoilers here 😁
July 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This week, I have mostly been exploring the magnificent #RSPB Mersehead nature reserve.
Some #WildflowerHour spoilers here 😁
Some #WildflowerHour spoilers here 😁
July 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Barnacle geese coming in to land at RSPB Mersehead on the Solway Firth
#Birds #Dumfriesshire #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #mobilephotography
#photography
#Birds #Dumfriesshire #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #mobilephotography
#photography
April 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Barnacle geese coming in to land at RSPB Mersehead on the Solway Firth
#Birds #Dumfriesshire #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #mobilephotography
#photography
#Birds #Dumfriesshire #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #mobilephotography
#photography
The superb strandline flora is now getting going at #RSPB #Mersehead on the Solway.
Ray's Knotgrass, Prickly Saltwort, Frosted & Grass-leaved Orache, Sea Rocket, Curled Dock subsp. littoreus etc. Such a special and specialised flora.
#WildflowerHour
Ray's Knotgrass, Prickly Saltwort, Frosted & Grass-leaved Orache, Sea Rocket, Curled Dock subsp. littoreus etc. Such a special and specialised flora.
#WildflowerHour
July 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The superb strandline flora is now getting going at #RSPB #Mersehead on the Solway.
Ray's Knotgrass, Prickly Saltwort, Frosted & Grass-leaved Orache, Sea Rocket, Curled Dock subsp. littoreus etc. Such a special and specialised flora.
#WildflowerHour
Ray's Knotgrass, Prickly Saltwort, Frosted & Grass-leaved Orache, Sea Rocket, Curled Dock subsp. littoreus etc. Such a special and specialised flora.
#WildflowerHour
Lovely Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica.
A plant of wet meadows, rush-pasture, flushes, streamsides etc. here, growing in rush-pasture in amongst dune grassland at #RSPB Mersehead.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
A plant of wet meadows, rush-pasture, flushes, streamsides etc. here, growing in rush-pasture in amongst dune grassland at #RSPB Mersehead.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
July 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Lovely Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica.
A plant of wet meadows, rush-pasture, flushes, streamsides etc. here, growing in rush-pasture in amongst dune grassland at #RSPB Mersehead.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
A plant of wet meadows, rush-pasture, flushes, streamsides etc. here, growing in rush-pasture in amongst dune grassland at #RSPB Mersehead.
#WetlandPlants
#WildflowerHour
@rspbscotland.bsky.social
Frosted Orache, Atriplex lacinata, at Brighouse Bay on the #Scottish Solway, and a magnificent strandline #flora at @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Mersehead with both Grass-leaved & Spear-leaved Orache also present. Probably others too but the bracteoles need to develop further for ID.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
September 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Frosted Orache, Atriplex lacinata, at Brighouse Bay on the #Scottish Solway, and a magnificent strandline #flora at @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Mersehead with both Grass-leaved & Spear-leaved Orache also present. Probably others too but the bracteoles need to develop further for ID.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
Fungi in a quiet stretch of woodland at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries and Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
July 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fungi in a quiet stretch of woodland at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries and Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
This fungus at RSPB Mersehead, in Dumfries and Galloway, looks like it could be an exotic egg.
#Photography
#Photography
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This fungus at RSPB Mersehead, in Dumfries and Galloway, looks like it could be an exotic egg.
#Photography
#Photography
This lonely fungus, a type of rosegill mushroom possibly, sitting amongst the trees at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries and Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
August 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This lonely fungus, a type of rosegill mushroom possibly, sitting amongst the trees at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries and Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
Enter our prize draw for the chance to win a week's holiday at RSPB Mersehead.
A single entry of just £5 gives you a chance to win a holiday at the self-catering Barnacle Cottage, which is located on our RSPB Mersehead nature reserve and accommodates up to four people.
A single entry of just £5 gives you a chance to win a holiday at the self-catering Barnacle Cottage, which is located on our RSPB Mersehead nature reserve and accommodates up to four people.
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Enter our prize draw for the chance to win a week's holiday at RSPB Mersehead.
A single entry of just £5 gives you a chance to win a holiday at the self-catering Barnacle Cottage, which is located on our RSPB Mersehead nature reserve and accommodates up to four people.
A single entry of just £5 gives you a chance to win a holiday at the self-catering Barnacle Cottage, which is located on our RSPB Mersehead nature reserve and accommodates up to four people.
July 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Some incredible news has hit the headlines today. 📰
A new population of one of the world’s oldest living animal species, the Tadpole Shrimp, has returned to RSPB Scotland’s Mersehead nature reserve after 75 years. 🕰️
🧵
📸: Roger Key
A new population of one of the world’s oldest living animal species, the Tadpole Shrimp, has returned to RSPB Scotland’s Mersehead nature reserve after 75 years. 🕰️
🧵
📸: Roger Key
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some incredible news has hit the headlines today. 📰
A new population of one of the world’s oldest living animal species, the Tadpole Shrimp, has returned to RSPB Scotland’s Mersehead nature reserve after 75 years. 🕰️
🧵
📸: Roger Key
A new population of one of the world’s oldest living animal species, the Tadpole Shrimp, has returned to RSPB Scotland’s Mersehead nature reserve after 75 years. 🕰️
🧵
📸: Roger Key
We’ve been round at Mersehead RSPB on the Solway to see next to no birds 😀
September 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We’ve been round at Mersehead RSPB on the Solway to see next to no birds 😀
I very nearly trod on this little fella. Looks like a Speckled Wood butterfly. It's well camouflaged against the path at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries & Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
July 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I very nearly trod on this little fella. Looks like a Speckled Wood butterfly. It's well camouflaged against the path at RSPB Mersehead, Caulkerbush, Dumfries & Galloway.
#Photography
#Photography
One of the world's oldest living animal species has been restored to a reserve on the Scottish Solway coast:
Rare prehistoric species restored to Solway coast
One of the world's oldest living animal species has been restored to a reserve on the Scottish Solway coast. Recent wet weather has hatched a new population of the rare Tadpole Shrimp at Mersehead RSPB, Dumfries. This represents only the third known population of the crustacean in the UK. The last official record of the Tadpole Shrimp at Mersehead was 1948.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
One of the world's oldest living animal species has been restored to a reserve on the Scottish Solway coast:
This is a lovely, inspiring video about how @rspbscotland.bsky.social are helping Natterjack Toads (the rarest UK amphibian) on their beautiful Mersehead reserve www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZy...
Take a night walk to see the UK's rarest amphibian at RSPB Mersehead
YouTube video by RSPB
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June 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is a lovely, inspiring video about how @rspbscotland.bsky.social are helping Natterjack Toads (the rarest UK amphibian) on their beautiful Mersehead reserve www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZy...
A soft day, mizzle at intervals, the hills cloudy, the tide out.
Mersehead, Dumfries and Galloway.
Mersehead, Dumfries and Galloway.
July 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A soft day, mizzle at intervals, the hills cloudy, the tide out.
Mersehead, Dumfries and Galloway.
Mersehead, Dumfries and Galloway.
First Cettis Warbler ringed at Mersehead CES this morning, Dumfries and Galloway. A male. When we started doing the CES there 15 years ago we wondered when we'd ring our first Cettis. Records becoming more and more common now on the Solway. #birdingscotland
June 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
First Cettis Warbler ringed at Mersehead CES this morning, Dumfries and Galloway. A male. When we started doing the CES there 15 years ago we wondered when we'd ring our first Cettis. Records becoming more and more common now on the Solway. #birdingscotland
Southerness/RSPB Mersehead area: 1000s of Barnacle Goose including 2-3 leucistic birds, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Little Egret (3 more en route), 10s of Tree Sparrow, etc. #D&Gbirding #ukbirding
October 28, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Southerness/RSPB Mersehead area: 1000s of Barnacle Goose including 2-3 leucistic birds, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Little Egret (3 more en route), 10s of Tree Sparrow, etc. #D&Gbirding #ukbirding
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMusic
#photography
I'm off on a wild goose chase for a week - see if the Barnacle Geese have made it to Mersehead again, till then here's Chuck Prophet from a favourite gig at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge with a quick visit to see Sylvia the next morning
#WeekMforMusic
#photography
I'm off on a wild goose chase for a week - see if the Barnacle Geese have made it to Mersehead again, till then here's Chuck Prophet from a favourite gig at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge with a quick visit to see Sylvia the next morning
September 26, 2024 at 7:41 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMusic
#photography
I'm off on a wild goose chase for a week - see if the Barnacle Geese have made it to Mersehead again, till then here's Chuck Prophet from a favourite gig at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge with a quick visit to see Sylvia the next morning
#WeekMforMusic
#photography
I'm off on a wild goose chase for a week - see if the Barnacle Geese have made it to Mersehead again, till then here's Chuck Prophet from a favourite gig at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge with a quick visit to see Sylvia the next morning
The PFG : You'll be aware that many geese have arrived in the last week. I'm hearing & seeing plenty of them in the fields around Mersehead & Preston Merse. Ian Bainbridge says today; "Pinkfeet: 19 westbound over Gatehouse this morning, plenty of Swallow ... see Blog.
Sep.16/2026🕒09:15am
Sep.16/2026🕒09:15am
September 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The PFG : You'll be aware that many geese have arrived in the last week. I'm hearing & seeing plenty of them in the fields around Mersehead & Preston Merse. Ian Bainbridge says today; "Pinkfeet: 19 westbound over Gatehouse this morning, plenty of Swallow ... see Blog.
Sep.16/2026🕒09:15am
Sep.16/2026🕒09:15am