Frosted Lichens Post

 Fencepost of the Week #206

 

 

Orange Birch Bolettes

 

Leccinum versipelle - orange birch bolette. Love the strange marbling that develops in the white flesh when it is sliced open.

 

 

 

Maps For Local Knowledge

 There are lots of wonderful resources available on-line to help you know more about places in Scotland.
Use these to embellish your knowledge of familar places, prep for an exploratory walk, or even browse them to find new places that might be worth a visit.

- Canmore - a fantastic map with thousands of archaeological records.
https://canmore.org.uk/site/search/result?SITECOUNTRY=0&view=map

 

- Nature Scotland has a map that outlines nature reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest - with links describing what is special in each site.
https://sitelink.nature.scot/map

- National library of Scotland has a number of old maps that can be browsed here. You can also view them overlayed on modern maps or satellite imagery to compare the current state with how things used to be.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.0&lat=55.91865&lon=-5.22467&layers=5&b=1

- OS Name Books In conjunction with the above, you can look up nearly any place name on the Ordnance Survey maps in the following website to see the original notes in the the OS Name Books on the meaning and history of the name, often contain useful titbits of information in the descriptions.

 

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/

 

 

- National Biodiversity Network lets you view maps of biological records for a particular species or higher taxon. They also allow you to browse all records near a specific location, which is a great way to find out what flora and fauna have been seen in a particular neck of the woods.
https://nbnatlas.org/

 

- British Geological Survey has a map viewer that indicates the various kinds of bedrock in your area.
https://geologyviewer.bgs.ac.uk/