Spot the Fox:
The Fox:
Along the forth & Clyde Canal this morning.
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Yesterday I walked up to Loch Oss. As the weather cleared I went on to Ben Oss. Photos, map & notes: walkmap
Yesterday I saw this wee one struggling in the grass just as drizzle stopped and the sun came out. I carefully lifted it up held it in the sunlight and it flew off. A Dark Green Fritillary I think.
Back to Old Kilpatrick this morning to walk to Duncolm. Notes, photos & map: walkmap
Kilpatrick Muir Flora, walk this afternoon, overcast warm with a breeze. Quite a lot of ringlets fluttering.
we currently live in a period of edtech excess and that this is fuelling increasing disadvantage and climate crisis. He remains sceptical, like many of us, that the answer to these big problems is yet more tech.
A tiny thought on the current uk news. It worries me they way politicians use Twitter to post letters of resignation & the like. Trusting Twitter with something so important seems like a mistake. Surly they should post somewhere they control & forward to Twitter #indieweb
Goldfinch in the Grounds of Gartnavel Hospital. Patches of weeds and wildflowers paying off.
Troisgeach & Meall an Fhudair
White clover
Plantain
Tormentil, everywhere all day
Thistles
Whinchat nagging
bracken
Bog Asphodel
Bog & bell Heather
Milkwort
Bedstraw
Deer grass
Ladies mantel
Water Avens
Saxifrage
Thyme
Butterwort
Red Deer, frogs & ring ouzel
walkmapRead: Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn ★★★★★ 📚
The book travels to places abandoned by people & recovered to varying degrees by nature. It evokes the ‘islands’ weirdness powerfully. The last chapters go further, reaching into deep time, climate crisis & even faith. Marvellous.