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David Stevens
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Amateur photographer based in Scotland with interest in nature, particularly fungi and wildlife. Nikon camera and an iPhone. All photographs my own unless otherwise stated.

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Beautiful colouration of the caps and stems together with the gill structure of Velvet Shank mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes) make these very photogenic. Just coming into season here now. Valued in Japanese cuisine known as 'enoketake'. #FridayFungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #Mycology #Scotland 🍄
Gemini! Earthstar twins in the garden. A pair of entwined Striate or Striated Earthstars (Gaestrum striatum) have appeared under a conifer behind my shed. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #Warblers. Here is a Prairie Warbler taken a few years ago in March in a mangrove swamp in Fort Lauderdale, FL. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #Nikon
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by David Stevens
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... "He speaks for the majority of the country whose voices wouldn’t count in the same way.”
Huge support for Chris Packham after Devon hunt row
Campaigner sparks fierce debate after wading into Tiverton's Boxing Day hunt controversy
www.devonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Purple jellydisc (Ascocoryne cylichnium) found on some well rotted logs in a West Lothian woodland yesterday. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MrAndMrs.
Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) mating on the nesting tower at Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida. #birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #Photography
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) on lots of mossy logs today in a West Lothian woodland. #Fungus #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Crimped Gill fungus (Plicatura crispa) on a log today in a West Lothian woodland. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Olive Oysterling mushrooms (Sarcomyxa serotina or Panellus serotinus) aka Late Oyster taken today on a dead tree near Red Moss of Balerno Nature Reserve. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tiny fruiting bodies of Green elf cup (Chlorciboria aeruginascens) found this morning near Bavelaw Marsh at Red Moss of Balerno Nature Reserve. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by David Stevens
New data suggest that insect life continues to decline, despite a hot summer - Buglife latest news...

www.buglife.org.uk/news/new-dat...
Buglife News ~ New data suggest that insect life continues to decline, despite a hot summer
Read more of our latest news related to invertebrates, insects and bugs.
www.buglife.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Winter is here! Hair Ice in a Midlothian woodland this morning. Formed on dead wood, mainly beech. Even found a group of Rosy Bonnets (Mycena rosea) looking after a little bit of it. #ExidiopsisEffusa #Fungi #Nature #Photography #Nikon
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pipe clubs (Macrotyphula fistulosa) appear to have several synonyms (Clavariadelphus fistulosus) (Clavaria fistulosa) and (Typhula fistulosa) in a Midlothian woodland today. Described as "widespread and rather common", very hard to spot. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Glistening Ink caps (Coprinellus micaceus) aka Mica caps appearing all over the place in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts' Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #iPhone @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wood ears or Jelly Ears (Auricularia auricula-judae) in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts' Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #iPhone
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Common Eyelash fungus (Scutellinia scutellata) on logs in Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. Currently less than 1mm at the moment but are going to make really impressive displays as they grow. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda) taken today in Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. This was one of several in the flower meadow but they are showing all over the Reserve. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Found in Bawsinch Nature Reserve: Soft Pouch for Nikon Binoculars. Case has been put in the Big Hide, on the shelf beside the deer skulls. @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Butter waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea), Snowy waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus), Parrot waxcap
(Gliophorus psittacinus) and Blackening waxcaps
(Hygrocybe conica) today in Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fungi from the garden today. Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus), Striated Earthstar (Geastrum striatum), Jelly Babies (Leotia lubrica) and a mushroom. This stuff grown because in the 34 years I have lived here I have never applied fertiliser or herbicide. #FungiFriday #Mushrooms #Nature #Garden
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by David Stevens
Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.

First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Liberty Caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) seen today. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Scotland
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Visited the ancient cemetery in the village of Temple in Midlothian today looking for waxcaps. Some nice Pink waxcaps (Hygrocybe calyptriformis). The white ones in the last shot don't look right for Snowy but had no pink either. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Scotland
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus), Jelly babies (Leotia lubrica), White Spindles (Clavaria fragilis) and Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus) all appearing all appearing on my garden lawns now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM