Two feature posts from outside the county which have been delayed and delayed due to eyeballs-out pursuit of the ever-bigger list. Actually it'll be one more because I just decided this needs split into botanical and non-botanical.
First up is a fantastic, and fantastically productive, weekend on the Isle of Skye from June.
In short, this was mostly spent bothering the montane flora of the Trotternish Ridge with the expert guidance of locals Neil and Stephen, the also expert but more neophyte Seth and the far-more-expert-than-me-but-displaced-from-botanical-comfort-zone southern Pete.
It's been a long time coming and lacks narrative, but these are at least finally the pictures!
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| Alpine Clubmoss |
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| Flowering Sibbaldia |
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| Alpine Meadow-rue |
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| Moonwort |
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| Moss Campion |
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| A precipitous bum-shuffle to see Cyphel that I was already sat beside |
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| The Cyphel |
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| Juncus triglumis |
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| Dwarf Cudweed |
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| Pete and Seth searching for pipewort |
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| A different category - Bronze Pirri-pirri Bur |
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| Lesser Knotweed |
Much better late than never! It really was a great trip, keep them coming.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, so you started blogging again! I'd taken my neophyte botanical self to Speyside this last week, so had missed all of your recent posts. Good stuff, we all need to hit Cairnwell, Cairngorm and especially Ben Lawers next time. A week in June/early July ideally... Looking forward to reading more posts!
ReplyDeletePS I love the way Pete is scanning the distant mountain tops for Pipewort ;)