This is an impressive but an unfortunate ( and dead) specimen of fresh water pearl mussel, which must have been dislodged by floods in February this year. There had been a flood two days before, the mussel is fresh, but had not yet been found by the birds. The Tay Special Area of Conservation lists Fresh Water Pearl Mussel as a qualifying species. This is a mature specimen, the ones pictured below are much younger. We will be adding our records to those already known to SNH.
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