Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Wig 5th February 2012

A bit of a dull day so just a local walk

1 pale-bellied-brents

Pale-bellied Brent Geese

2 grey-plover

Grey Plover and Dunlins

3 Turnstone

Turnstone

4 hairy-curtain-crust

Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor

5 snowdrops

Snowdrops

Friday, March 23, 2012

Water of Minnoch 28th January 2012

A cold and icy day so a nice circular walk along the banks of the Water of Minnoch.

1-logs

Snowy logs

2-icicle

Icicle

3-ice

Ice patterns

4-ice

Ice

5-snowy-path

Snow lined path

6-icy-water

Icicles over the water

7-frozen-drips

Frozen water droplets

8-snowy-hills

Snowy Galloway Hills

9-crossbills

Crossbills

10-ice

More ice

11-ice

Reflected rushes

12-sparkling-tree

Sparkling trees

13-mossy-hill

Ancient woodland

14-mossy-hill

Moss

15-orange-lichen

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

16-mist

Mist

17-ice

Metallic ice

18-looking-for-merks

Looking for merks in the kist

19-mossy-wall

Moss covered wall

20-stone-stile

Stone stile

21-lichen-Sticta-sylvatica

Sticta sylvatica

23-unknown

 

24-icicles

Icicles

25-pos-Usnea-fragilescens

Usnea subfloridana

26-cree-valley-sign

New Cree Valley sign

27-snow-scene

Snow scene

28-ice

Ice and snow

29-Mike

Walking the embankment

30-dipper

Dipper..

31 Dipper

..and a bit closer

32-sheep

Don’t look round but I think we are being followed!

33-sheep

…by a whole flock!

34-kill

Bird of prey kill

35-cladonia-sp

Sphaerophorus globosus

36-waterfall

Tumbling water

37-minnock

Water of Minnoch

38-mossy-tree

Moss covered tree

39-swinging-pool

The swinging pool

40-roman-bridge

The Roman Bridge

41-roman-bridge

 

42-roman-bridge

 

43-bubbles

Swirling bubbles

Then on our way back home just as it was getting dark an amazing starling murmuration over Stranraer Harbour….

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