Kilpatrick Muir
Blue skies
5 jays sidling off
Larks
The first primrose
A roe watching through the trees
No blackthorn yet, tiny buds
A weasel nipping across the road
Tag: walk
A walk around Ardinning Wildlife Reserve this morning. The sky was clear! Frost had got rid of the mud problem. Bright & Still. How different from the recent rain & gloom. Even 8 weeks after I tested positive, the cold made my chest tight & I don’t feel fit.
We had a walk round Ardinning this morning, first time I’ve had boots on since testing positive on the 12 November. 2 and a bit flat miles was enough! Muddy. Grey day with low clouds and a bit of rain. No wind at all!
We had a short walk and a picnic today. First bright day this week. Ardinning was autumnal. Saw what was probably the last dragonflies of the year.
Had a short walk around a couple of hills in Glen Fruin yesterday with Christine & Michael. It has been about 8 weeks since I was on a hill and I got quite puffed on the up.
walkmap
Kilpatrick Muir today, heather very much in bloom, few butterflies about despite the overcast weather. Peacock & Green Veined White.
Went on a walk yesterday over Sgiath Chuil & Meall Glas. Photos, notes & map: walkmap
Good walk ground the trio of hills in Glen Douglas. Notes, maps & photos: walkmap. I saw a dead hind 2-3 weeks ago, now picked clean.
A good walk today, Ben Oss and Beinn Dubhcraig most excited about sundew, mountain ringlets and a cloud berry. Map, photos and notes: walkmap
Kilpatrick Braes First for a while the lockdown crowds seem to have gone.
Lots of flora: yarrow, thyme & ladies bedstraw in the fields. Bell heather, heath bedstraw & tormentil on the moor. First Blaeberries Lots of Ringlets, a few fritillaries when the sun appeared.
