Thursday 9 April 2015

More walking and making new friends…

I’ve walked almost every day since we moved, varying distances, but I haven’t yet repeated any route. It’s brilliant.

So, here’s a few photographs that I’ve taken.

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Across Blair’s Loch

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Through the trees

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In the middle of the above pic is a rock with a dipper bobbing on it. Honest.

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White butterbur, lots of it

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Close up and sloping?!

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White butterbur carpet

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Bamboo!

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A few weeks later I had confirmation, this is Wild Garlic

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In the middle of this pic is a sticky up twig at the top of a tree. There used to be an osprey nest on the ‘platform’ beneath. It was utterly destroyed in the winter storms and I have not yet seen any sign of the pair that usually nest here…

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Cross Slab (Ogham)

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I should offer a prize to anyone who can identify the pair of birds in this and the following photo (but I probably won’t…just in case)

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And the path by Blair’s Loch…

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was…

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absolutely…

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heaving…

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with frogs!

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Two of my new friends

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They are cute!

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Frogspawn

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Why is it always in a ridiculous puddle?

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Looking up the sides of the Dava Way near Clashdhu

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A rather lichen laden tree

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I have no idea why I particularly like this one…

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Moss covered tree stumps catching the sun

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Wider view

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Swathes of garlic

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Also catching the sun…

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The first celandine of the year

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This sheep had just given birth to her lambs when I walked past

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Another new friend

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Really pungent now, be glad you don’t have smellyvision

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First wild garlic flower bud

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Lots more celandine

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Wood anenome

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Tortoiseshell

And a couple of other walks to report on later.

2 comments:

AlanR said...

Took me a while to spot the birds in the 2 photo’s. Not 100% sure what they are but my guess is either Chaffinch or Bullfinch.
Wondered what you had been up to. Moving house, hate it.

Louise said...

Well done Alan, bullfinch they are, and quite chuffed I was to see them, they can be a tad shy.
Yup, moved house, but only temporarily in this one until we move again. Buying and staying local I hope...