• Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles: Last Post for a While (Probably)
    I have added two more moths to my home list, one from the trap and one found dead in the house. This is Phaulernis fulviguttella (Yellow-spotted Drab), found dead on a windowsill: There are only three previous records in the vice-county and it is on the Nationally Scarce B list. This is Light…
  • Its Mo's Blog: Life Under The Cloud
    My aim with the young tomato plants my sis-in-law gave me, was to keep them alive. It was possibly a little late in the season to have any hope of red tomatoes by the end of it, but non foosty plants, and green living matter seemed a worthy exercise and would encourage me to get them started in a…
  • Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles: Small Mottled Willow, Dun-bar & Other New Moths
    A moth trap three nights ago produced 117 moths including 36 micro-moths. Small Mottled Willow is a migrant that has been reported a number of times in Scotland to the south of us in recent weeks. New to VC104. A second macro-moth was new to my home list: The Dun-bar. There were also five micros…
  • Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles: Rubha na h-Aiseig
    At the second attempt, Skye Botany Group made it to Rubha na h-Aiseig, the northeastern point of Skye, the previous attempt having been frustrated by bad weather. Some of the party also took in the adjacent Ben Volovaig. There was a large stand of Cladium mariscus (Great Fen-sedge), something of a…
  • Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles: Miscellany (8th August 2026)
    A couple of week ago I led a short walk at Trien on Skye under the auspices of the Scottish Farm Advisory Service. We began at Café Cùil, where chef and entrepreneur Clare shared how her passion for foraging and local ingredients helped her build a successful business and led to the publication of…