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(at Glen Shee and altitude corrected)
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Blairgowrie and District Next Steps
Some interesting other photos
© Nick Cole (except where stated)
Juniper and berries on the north face of Morrone 18/11/8
Ptarmigan starting their winter moult on Carn an Tuirc 12/9/8
Freedom! 12/9/8
Waking up after a night with the vet 12/9/8
Nearly caught it! (pm 11th - Vet says it is doing ok, maybe
releasable on 12th) 11/9/8 (Sue Cole)
A young Tawny Owl looking a bit bemused and bedraggled 11/9/8
19 Munros (not counting the ones in the ranges hidden from view), 7 Corbetts visible from near Mackenzie's Monument (near Newtyle)
4/9/8
Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus vividulus) 2/9/8
Fairly obvious what this bird had eaten 2/9/8
After the eruption (actually a few million years ago!) in Choire Dhirich
28/8/8
Staghorn Club-Moss 19/8/8
Tadpoles in mid-August! 14/8/8
Emperor Moth caterpillar before final pupation this one on heather 7/8/8
Emperor Moth caterpillar before penultimate pupation on a dwarf willow 2/9/8
Crowberry 16/9/8
Blaeberry, and cowberry together 1/8/8
It was hiding in sheep's dung, a Dor beetle (geotrupes stercorarius) not related
to a scarab 15/5/8
Remains of a vole's skull (microtus agrestis) on moss 15/5/8
Couldn't find this one in the books, perhaps it is a beetle
larva? 15/5/8
This wasn't in my books as well, though it looks a bit like a violet and may be
a mountain pansy! 15/5/8
Monamenach about to erupt after millions of years! 1/5/8 (or
should that be 1/4/8?)
Where not to walk! 3/3/8
Hare and fox tracks 3/3/8
What was chasing what? 3/3/8
Alyth Hill, Drumderg and the Beinn a Ghlo range from our kitchen
window 2/3/8
A shrew run, too small to be a vole 28/1/7
A favourite perch with smaller pellets 28/1/8
A large owl pellet, just as well they regurgitate! 28/1/8
Line of large prints on Black Hill. There is definitely something large
out there! (See also 12/2/7) 21/1/8
Large paw print with no claws! The beast of Drimmie
Wood. 6/12/7
Icicles on Carn Geal 12/11/7
Hill forts at An Dun NO111593 27/8/7
More interested in the heifer than us - fortunately! 20/8/7
Real white heather 13/8/7
Cup marked stone at Dalnavaid NO008634 24/7/7
Skylark's nest 2/7/7
Bees swarming in a hedge 3/6/7
A new style of stile, on the hill of Newtyle 14/5/7
Pine Marten scat 9/5/7
Born last night 23/4/7
Larch flower (Larix Decidua) - female 16/4/7
Looks like a bird pellet, most likely a small piece of fox scat 16/4/7
Fox scat 16/4/7
A fine collection of Hoof Fungus or Tinder Bracket (Fomes Fomentarius)
How can I perform in front of this audience, we are an endangered species you
know!
Burying (Sexton) Beetles at work (Nicrophorus Vespilloides)
Horse Stone, Drimmie Woods
Inversion Layer over Blairgowrie
Butterwort (Pinguicula Vulgaris)
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Cup Marked Stone on Drumderg
Line of broad footprints, no human ones associated, and no claws! Above Kirkton of Glenisla on slope of Druim Dearg heading towards the NW. (12/2/7)
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| The team after conquering Schiehallion |
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| On top of Creag Leacach |
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| On top of Meall Uaine |
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| Finally on the top of Ben Lawers |
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| Deuchary Hill and Lochan na Beinne (Loch of the Hill) |
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| Waterfall above Dirnanean |
