Friday, May 18, 2012

Wood of Cree to Loch Middle–14th April 2012

We have often walked in the RSPBs Wood of Cree, but decided to walk a bit further to Loch Middle.
1-wood-anemoneWood Anemone
2-long-tail
Long-tailed Tit with food
We watched this Treecreeper for some time building its nest in a gap near the base of a tree
17-trees
Ancient woodland
18-waterfall
Waterfalls
19-waterfall

20-waterfall

21-dor-beetle
Dor Beetle, there is always dozens here on the paths
22-wood-info-board
Tree information board
23-dog-violets
Dog Violets
24-celandines
Celandines
25-logs
Plenty of logging been going on here
26-tree-pipit
Tree Pipit taking off from its vantage point
27-pond-skaters
Pond Skaters
28-Eristalis-intricarius
Bee mimic Eristalis Intricarius
29-Loch-Middle
Loch Middle
30-tadpoles
Plenty of tadpoles still in the puddles
31-cottage-ruin
Cottage ruins
32-lichen
Lichen covered tree
33-pussy-willow
Pussy willows
34-Cree-view
From the viewpoint overlooking the Cree
35-bracket-fungi
Bracket Fungi
36-nestbox
I know there is an abundance of nesting material here but this is a bit of overkill!
37-moss
If you stand still in this woods long enough, moss grows up your legs!
38-blackcap
A male Blackcap was singing back near the car park

1 comment:

The Glebe Blog said...

Love the way you've captured the waterfalls Valerie.
That's a great walk.