Sarah Watts
@Watts_SH
Conservation Manager at #Corrour, PhD researcher @StirBES & Chair of @MontaneWoodland Action Group. Restoration ecology, arctic-alpine flora, #HighMountainTrees
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https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1457180 28-09-2018 21:02:07
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The first arctic-alpine flowers of the year are still in full bloom in Corrie Sharroch, Angus, as the snow retreats from the high-altitude botanical hotspots: Purple #Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) & Downy #Willow (Salix lapponum). #WildflowerHour
Delighted to be working with Trees for Life on the Wild Pine Project. This week we took samples to work out tree ages in this previously unrecorded West Highland site. One tree even had axe marks where ‘fir candle’ tapers had been taken long ago. #dendrochronology #rewilding
Interested in the history of Scotland's upland peat? Apply for this exciting PhD post working on National Trust for Scotland sites with UofG Archaeology Prof Nicki Whitehouse #madeinsheffield Dr Eileen Tisdall
Great to see work progressing on Phase 2 of #Corrour 's multi-year #peatland #restoration project supported by
Peatland ACTION. Erosion features are being transformed across this 185 ha site by hag & gully reprofiling, revegetation, & rewetting. 📷 by Shaun Taylor Dalefoot Composts
No trip to Scotland would be complete without a Tasty Tuesday and of course @corrourstation delivered in spades. A highlight was the delicious Venison Casserole, which has probably featured in Tasty Tuesdays before, but its just that good!
#Corrour #ChooseCorrour #TastyTuesday
So lovely to see the young plants in our #montane #willow seed stand planted last month at #Corrour looking very healthy ready for the summer. The #catkins are being visited by #hoverflies & #bumblebees , & we could even get some seed this year!
#DownyWillowSeedStand #montane scrub
Awesome to see Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum), & also Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) in its native range in the #Pacific #Northwest in #Washington . The latter is a highly invasive plant back in Britain! plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.…
#wildflowerhour #WildflowerHourUSA
Some more botanical highlights from Cedar #Bog in #Ohio , USA: Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana), Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) & Largeflower Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerHour USA
Astonishingly lush carpets of Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) in the understory of the hardwood #swamp #forest at Cedar #Bog , in #Ohio USA!
#WildflowerHour #WildflowerHour USA