Tristan Norton
@trisnorton.bsky.social
Local Government ecologist, Hampshire, UK. Essex + Wessex. BSBI recorder, South Hampshire
Least Bur-reed Sparganium natans, Floating Bur-reed Sparganium angustfolium, Bog Stitchwort Stellaria alsine, Creeping Lady's-tresses Goodyera repens at Loch Ullachie, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social Saying farewell to Scotland for another year: see you in 2027!
Some much better images of the Smooth Rupturewort Herniaria glabra I found in Ballater, Aberdeenshire this lunchtime. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
Always worth looking in plant pots in towns. What looks like Smooth Rupturewort Herniaria glabra in Ballater, Aberdeenshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
I photographed this fern as I was walking into Caenlochan Glen the other day. It's an unpleasant walk across sloping ground and I didn't have the enthusiasm to interrogate further. It's either the rare Woodsia alpina, or a young Cystopteris fragilis. Any pointers v welcome! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Purple Ramping-fumitory Fumaria purpurea from Aberdeenshire today. Found last year by @1davidelston.bsky.social. Several plants in a potato crop margin adjacent to the 2025 location. Unhelpful/welcome heavy rain this morning! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Large-flowered Hemp-nettle Galeopsis speciosa in an Aberdeenshire field margin in heavy rain today. Certainly a plant worth getting soaked for. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Water Sedge Carex aquatilis was a new species for me today. A good spread by the River Don, Aberdeenshire. A large, robust plant in 'lowland' situations. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Opportunistic urban botany in Aberdeen today. Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens was certainly abundant in the city, with Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus most obvious around the docks and Fittie. Great street art and a frankly terrifying exhibit at the art gallery. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Alpine Lady-fern Athyrium distentifolium looking majestic along a stream gully at Caenlochan Glen, Angus. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
I've not seen Parsley Fern Cryptogramma crispa for many years, so it was great to see it in abundance today in Caenlochan Glen, Angus. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Superb mounds of Chickweed Willowherb Epilobium alsinifolium at White Brae nr Glas Maol, Angus. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
What I think is Alpine Pearlwort Sagina saginoides, locally common on a gravelly stream on the backside of Glas Maol, going down into Caenlochan today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A touch of familiar micro botany at Findhorn, Moray today. Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea and Small Cudweed Logfia minima. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Floating Bur-reed Sparganium angustfolium, Stone Bramble Rubus saxatilis, and Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata. Clais Fhearnaig, Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Smith's Pepperwort Lepidium heterophyllum was locally frequent along a riverside path by the Dee at Ballater, Aberdeenshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A fine, fresh Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale on the cobbles the Dee, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Round-leaved Wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, Common Twayblade Neottia ovata, and presumed Heath Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia borealis in a calcareous flush, Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Three more Dark-bordered Beauty Epione vesicaria. Deeside, Aberdeenshire. Part of coordinated survey efforts.
Northern rock-cress Arabidopsis petraea, growing on the river cobbles at Quoich, Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Clais Fhearnaig is a little hidden valley at Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, taking you across to Quoich. Lawns of Shoreweed Littorella uniflora fringing the loch in the valley bottom. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Plant of the day today was Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna. Spectacular colours, and found abundantly on the cobbles along Quoich Water, Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire on a fab walk. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium and Bifid Hemp-nettle Galeopsis bifida. Tarland, Aberdeenshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
White Sedge Carex canescens on the shore of Loch Ullachie, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Unbranched Bur-reed Sparganium emersum. Loch Ullachie, nr Ballater, Aberdeenshire today. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Some very pleasant shoreline exploring this afternoon at Loch Ullachie near Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Least Bur-reed Sparganium natans is very common, looking for all the world like Carex lepidocarpa. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja seen today on a hillside above Balmoral, Aberdeenshire.
Heath Cudweed Omalotheca sylvatica on a patch of gravelly ground nr Crathie, Aberdeenshire. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Whorled Caraway Trocdaris verticillata. Another new plant for me today, here at the postage stamp Coulnacraig Meadow nr Banchory. Also found it across the road in a ditch. A most attractive carrot! @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium nr Crathie, Aberdeenshire. Seeing this quite regularly here, particularly where slightly damp. @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
