scozmos, 6 months ago to Birds

Captivating Crossbills. I walk at a reservoir near us as often as possible. There's lots of wonderful wildlife and for me, beautiful Crossbills, sometimes 🥰
The (yellowish) female manoeuvres that cone up the branches until she can really get into it. #bird #birds #BirdPhotogaphy #nature #naturephotogaphy #scottishwildife #scotland #angusglens #crossbill

A tust-red male Crossbill in pine branches

scozmos, 8 months ago to Scotland

Whatter morning!!! I set off for my regular morning wander near Ardersier and, for some reason decided to take the tripod. Then this happened! 😃😃😃😃😃 My first ever sea otter munching on the shoreline 🥰🥰 #Ardersier #scottishwildife #highlands #otters #Scotland #nature #naturephotography

stirclacswt, 9 months ago to random

I’m no fungus expert, but I think this very lovely fungus is Hygrocybe acutoconica, Wax-cap family. (Formerly called Hygrocybe persistens.) The stem can vary from pale to deep red. By the cycle track Doune to Dunblane yesterday. #ScottishWildife #FungiUK

This individual of same species of fungus has similar yellow, conical cap, but a deep red stem, amongst grasses
Another example of same species, this one with a cracked yellowcap, very typical of Wax-cap fungi to crack like this.