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Tracy Munro

@Tracytrees

Project Officer for Butterfly Conservation. Also love birds, bees, bikes and beer! All views my own. #beethechange

 Scotland
Joined July 2009
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Now that Small Blue season is almost over, East Coast Project Officer Tracy would like to thank all of our volunteers. Thank you for giving up your time to help us survey this gorgeous wee butterfly! 🦋 📷 (c) Tracy Munro @savebutterflies
A Small Blue butterfly on a leaf. The butterfly has grey wings with a bluish hue

ALT A Small Blue butterfly on a leaf. The butterfly has grey wings with a bluish hue

A group of people stand in a grassy field with a path through it. Two dogs are with the group

ALT A group of people stand in a grassy field with a path through it. Two dogs are with the group

Someone in waterproofs kneels down in grassy dunes. They are holding something in their hands which they are looking at.

ALT Someone in waterproofs kneels down in grassy dunes. They are holding something in their hands which they are looking at.

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Join us for a butterfly walk! Sat 6 July, Rosemarkie The Rosemarkie shore is an excellent spot for seeing butterflies - often as many as 12 different species! We will particularly be looking out for Northern Brown Argus & Grayling butterflies. [email protected]
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A huge thank you to all our past and present volunteers who help on the estate including our butterfly conservation project in Balchraggan Wood (Logie Quarry) with @savebutterflies @SpeciesEdge #volunteersweek2024
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We had a fabulous time at our recent female only beach picnic with @HLHsocial Countryside Rangers 🏖️🧁 It was so good to touch base with the natural world around us, feel the earth under our bare feet & look at the little things around us 🦋 📸 Tracy Munro @savebutterflies
Two people kneel by a blue picnic blanket on a sandy beach, smiling at the camera. On the blanket is a large assortment of baked goods in containers.

ALT Two people kneel by a blue picnic blanket on a sandy beach, smiling at the camera. On the blanket is a large assortment of baked goods in containers.

A group of people stand in grassy dunes with butterfly nets

ALT A group of people stand in grassy dunes with butterfly nets

Three people stand next to a roller banner and a flag on a sandy beach. The roller banner is green featuring the words 'Species on the Edge' and a picture of a small blue butterfly on a yellow flower. The flag is blue and on it is written High Life Highland Rangers. The top of the flag is cut off.

ALT Three people stand next to a roller banner and a flag on a sandy beach. The roller banner is green featuring the words 'Species on the Edge' and a picture of a small blue butterfly on a yellow flower. The flag is blue and on it is written High Life Highland Rangers. The top of the flag is cut off.

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Celebrate Small Blue Week with us with a Butterfly Walk! 📅 Saturday 1 June 📍 Multiple locations: Ardersier Common, Loch Fleet NNR, Portknockie All the info 👇 @savebutterflies @HeritageFundSCO
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Image from Species on the Edge (@SpeciesEdge)
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It's Small Blue Week! 💙🎉 With a wingspan up to 30mm, the Small Blue (Cupido minimus) is the UK's smallest resident butterfly. Find out how young conservationists in Scotland are helping to save this tiny butterfly 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/n… 📷: Peter Eeles @SpeciesEdge
A small, dusky blue butterfly resting on grass

ALT A small, dusky blue butterfly resting on grass

A Small Blue caterpillar feeding on shrivelled Kidney Vetch flowers

ALT A Small Blue caterpillar feeding on shrivelled Kidney Vetch flowers

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Butterfly celebrations! Lots of activities to get involved with starting 25th May 🦋 @HeritageFundUK @RSPBScotland @Buzz_dont_tweet @NatureScot @Love_plants @SpeciesEdge #butterflies #nature
Image from Balnagown Estate (@BalnagownEstate)
Image from Balnagown Estate (@BalnagownEstate)
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Small Blue Week is fast approaching - only a few days to go before celebrations kick off! We can't wait to get going with our series of events celebrating the UK's smallest butterfly - and we can't wait for you to join in too! Here's a run down of what we've got on 👇
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Last weekend, East Coast Officer Tracy went for a sunrise walk up to well-known local landmark, Fyrish Monument. In the brisk morning light she was surprised and delighted to see a rare Blaeberry Bumblebee! What a treat! 📸 Tracy Munro @savebutterflies @BumblebeeTrust
Fyrish Monument

ALT Fyrish Monument

Blaeberry Bumblebee

ALT Blaeberry Bumblebee

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The truth about our right to peacefully protest and those who have abused it . . . brilliant , as ever , by @ByDonkeys
Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) profile pictureLed By Donkeys@ByDonkeys8 Mar 2024
A short history of the Conservative Party backing the mob

A short history of the Conservative Party backing the mob

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Now is a great time to search for hibernating herald moths! By April they'll be out flying again & harder to spot👀 These are unmistakable moths - crumpled leaf-like wings with burnt orange patches & little white pinpricks that resemble mould spores. How cool is nature?!
Two brown and orange leaf-like moths on a cave wall

ALT Two brown and orange leaf-like moths on a cave wall

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Got a bee hotel? Or planning to make/buy one this Spring? Then please join our Big Bee Hotel Experiment. Sign up below. It is free, fun, easy, will help us to work out which designs / locations are best, and you might win a £250 voucher. Please retweet!
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We have teamed up with @wildcommunityuk to bring you #TheBigBeeHotelExperiment🐝 Register your bee hotel with us now! Help us find out what the optimal design for a bee hotel & be entered into a £250 prize draw! Follow this link to find out more: thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehote…
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Coul Links is a protected dune habitat but it is once again under threat from development 🚨 Watch @SpeciesEdge Project Officer Tracy Munro talk about what makes this such a special place for butterflies, bees, wildflowers and more 👇 youtu.be/q_m0ALrbM0E?si=oj4f… #SaveCoulLinks
HELP SAVE THIS SPECIAL PLACE FOR WILDLIFE

HELP SAVE THIS SPECIAL PLACE FOR WILDLIFE

Coul Links is a protected dune habitat but it's under threat from a...

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Some incredibly exciting news from the East Coast! Tracy Munro, one of our EC Project Officers, got married!! And not only did she get married, but she got married during the infamous @Strathpuffer, a 24h mountain bike endurance event in Strathpeffer! facebook.com/reel/1195764554…
A couple stand with 2 mountain bikes holding helmets in the air. One is holding up a wedding veil and on one of the bikes is a cardboard sign reading ‘just married’. They are standing on a dirt track bordered by trees on each side. Multicoloured confetti is in the air and some people can be seen at the edge of the photo firing confetti canons.

ALT A couple stand with 2 mountain bikes holding helmets in the air. One is holding up a wedding veil and on one of the bikes is a cardboard sign reading ‘just married’. They are standing on a dirt track bordered by trees on each side. Multicoloured confetti is in the air and some people can be seen at the edge of the photo firing confetti canons.

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Tracy Munro retweeted
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Plantlife@Love_plants6 Dec 2023
.@PlantlifeScot is once again asking Scottish Ministers to #SaveCoulLinks. We stand shoulder to shoulder with local campaigners & #conservation partners in opposing the development of Coul Links, an internationally important habitat that's home to rare & threatened wild plants
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It's December, so let's kick off the week with the delightful December moth! In the north of Scotland you can see this moth until the end of January - happy moth hunting! #mothsmatter 📸 Tracy Munro @savebutterflies
December moth on a hand

ALT December moth on a hand

December moth on a leaf

ALT December moth on a leaf

A December moth on a hand

ALT A December moth on a hand

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🔔 Work party reminder! Join SotE East Coast officer Tracy this Saturday to help clear invading scrub to benefit kidney vetch, the foodplant of the small blue 🦋 📅 Sat 11 Nov, 10am-3pm 📍 Fort George, Ardersier For more info & to book 📨 [email protected]
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The final sea shanty of the trilogy 🎶⚓️(an adaptation of #Wellerman and #DrunkenSailor) inspired by @SuellaBraverman's recent speech on migration. We stand and sing in solidarity with a different vision from #Braverman's of what our country stands for & who it should stand by🧡
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A huge thank you to all volunteers who turned up for a pretty epic work party at RSPB Culbin Sands on Saturday! This was a joint work party between our SotE East Coast team and the LIFE 100% For Nature Project who are carrying out habitat restoration of the dune.
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Image from Species on the Edge (@SpeciesEdge)
Image from Species on the Edge (@SpeciesEdge)
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We are very excited to announce that we will soon be recruiting for the Species on the Edge Youth Panel! This is a fantastic opportunity for people aged 16-25 & based in our project areas to learn new skills & gain experience of the conservation sector. nature.scot/doc/species-edge…
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