Bob McIntosh

@scotfot.bsky.social

1941 Followers 195 Following

Natural world of Penicuik, geology, geo collections 🇺🇦

view of the underneath of a butterfly, wings outstretched, sitting on a purple thistle
close-up photo of a spear thistle flower head with a few small beads of rain
a group of forget-me-not flowers some blue and some pink covered in beads of morning dew
a single flower head of scabious, freshly opened
a single flowerhead of scabious, it is tightly closed and not open yet
Two skullcap flowers with green leaves behind
A group of five flower heads of sneezewort
A branch on the far right has two seed pods attached and located horizontally from it. They are slightly overlapping. The photo is taken against the light so the seeds inside can be clearly made out. Two small insects are on the lower of the two pods
a yellow slimy slime mould with the appearance of scrambled egg
A close-up of a fly taken from an angle, brownish head, thorax, black grey abdomen
a tight mass of young green shield bugs clustered together on the birch leaf
crystal clear rain drops clinging to moss sporophytes
A bushy dark green plant with two delicate white flowers emerging either side
A rounded flowerhead of whiteish wild angelica
View of a single spear thistle flower head viewed side on with the spikey globular base and tight purple flower on top
A moss sporophyte with a perfect tear drop of water on the end
extreme close up photo taken head on to the snail. A nice smooth orange shell with the snail emerging from the bottom
A snail with a smooth nicely whorled shell. two prominent eye stalks with rounded ends emerge from its head
two cinnabar moth caterpillars on the stems of ragwort plant
A large (circa six inches long) white slime mould draped over a fallen branch
close-up of flower heads of hogweed showing delicate structure
close up photo of three knapweed flowerheads bunched up together
Open ragwort flowers with a skipper butterfly in the top right
Close up photo of two foxglove flowers with beads of rain on them
A fallen rotten log in a dark part of the woods has a number of overlapping bracket fungi, with light brown flecked tops. Dryads saddle.
A single hoverfly on a bright yellow flower head. Body black and yellow and large bulbous eyes. Thin transparent wings
An orange ladybird with 13 creamy white spots sitting on a birch leaf. The spots are accentuated with dark rims
A pendant birch leaf with a large number of young shield bugs, below is a fully grown shield bug
A birch tree leaf with 17 baby shield bugs on it. Others are walking along the stem
A brown butterfly is viewed side on sitting on a purple flowering thistle. Detail of its eye and antennae is clearly seen
Looking across a valley through a gap in the trees to see a misty wooded slope.
A single flowerhead of an opened spear thistle. Purple flowerhead, green spiky base
A group of four pink coloured ragged robin flowers on a green out of focus background
Close-up photo of a flowerhead of sneezewort. Tightly curved white petals are growing on the edge of the round flat centre.
A group of three tiny eyebright flowers pointing in different directions on green stem
A cluster of spear thistles with backlighting, some open some closed some half way from opening