Sunday, April 08, 2012

Penninghame Forest 25th February 2012

A trip to Penninghame Pond and a walk in the forest.

1-forest

Through the trees

2-Penninghame-pond

Penninghame pond from the bridge

3-bolder

Large bolders in the trees

4-reflections

Reflections

5-old-tree

Bat boxes in a large beech tree

6-info-board

Information board about Lamphreys

7-bridge

Bridge over the burn

8-waterfall

Tumbling water

9-through-the-trees

Path through the trees

10-old-tree

 

11-moss

Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscinum)

12-footpath-sign

Great footpath sign

13-castle

Castle Stewart

14-castle

 

15-view

 

16-old-wall

Old wall

17-blocked-path

Path blocked!

18-mountain-view

View towards the Galloway Hills

19-crossbill

Crossbill

20-trig-point

We had trouble finding this trig point as its hidden in the woods but thanks to Mikes GPS we found it eventually!

21-flush-bracket

Flush bracket no S8288

22-trig

 

23-lichen

Lichen

24-lichen-tree

Lichen tree

25-trig

Mossy trig

26-trig

 

27-holly-leaf-gall-fly

Evidence of Holly Leaf Gall Fly

28-dog-lichen

A Dog Lichen Peltigera membranacea

29-crossbills

More Crossbills

30 angle shades-caterpillar

Angle Shades moth caterpillar

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