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Tag Archives: mountains
Shielding and shelter
There are wriggling tadpoles in small pools across the bog next to our croft but in the last few dry days water levels have dropped and their living spaces have shrunk. A rescue attempt will be made shortly, buckets and … Continue reading
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Tagged coastal landscapes, cuckoos, Highlands, landscape, mountains, nature, North West Highlands, Spring, weather, west coast, wildlife
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Sinuosity
In April the land burned. Cold snow showers that had bundled together under cloud-bands of steel grey and ink in late March were swept aside by penetrating blue skies, fierce light and desiccating wind. The air was bright, dry and … Continue reading
Posted in birds, encounters with wildlife, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, landscape photography, mountains, nature, nature writing, orchids, skylarks, swallows, wildflowers#cuckoos
Tagged fires, meadow flowers, meadows, mountains, nature, orchids, Spring, weather, wild flowers, wildlife
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Winter blues and the magic of light
So much happens in midwinter, not just the mayhem of a family Christmas but out there, beyond the walls and windows, down by the shore, in the fields and in the woods. Apart from the preternatural (and for me much … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Christmas, clouds, coasts, encounters with wildlife, environment, experiencing nature, family, ice, landforms, landscape, landscape photography, midwinter, mountains, nature, nature writing, north winds, peatbogs, photography, Rainbows, Scotland, sea, Skye, snow, solstice, storm, Storms, thunder, Trotternish, weather, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged art of nature, birds, Christmas, coast, colours of nature, darkness, ice, Inner Sound, january, light, mountains, nature, North West Highlands, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, sea, snow, snow ice mountains storm waves birds, sunrise, sunset, weather, Wild weather, wildife, wildlife, winter solstice
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Limestone homecoming and olive trees
For a few years I took groups of university students to Mallorca. It was both a privilege and a pleasure; hard work but great fun. Through fieldwork we investigated the island’s mountain and coastal landscapes and tried to piece together … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, beaches, Formentor, karst, limestone, Lluc, Mallorca, Mediterranean, Mediterranean holidays, Mediterranean vegetation, olive groves, olive trees, rillenkaren, Serra de Tramuntana, terraces, university teaching
Tagged beach, coast, coasts, geology, karst, landscape, limestone, Mallorca, Mallorca mountains, Mediterranean, Mediterranean vegetation, mountains, nature, olive trees, sea, terraces, weather, wilderness, wildlife
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The fantastic beasts (of Trotternish) and where to find them
Buffeting breezes and grey rains have returned yet the signs of spring are manifold. There are snowdrops gasping in wide open surprise at the lack of snow and ice, crocuses vibrating in purple and orange and daffodil spears bursting through turf … Continue reading
Posted in environment, experiencing nature, geology, landforms, landscape, legend, mountains, myth, nature, photography, sea, Skye, Trotternish, walking, wilderness, wildlife, winter
Tagged beaches, geology, Inner Sound, Isle of Skye, landforms, landscape, mountains, Old Man of Storr, Quiraing, Trotternish, waterfalls, wilderness, wildlife, winter
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A poem for a summer storm in the mountains
Summer Storm on Stac Pollaidh Languishing in perfumed August heat Stac Pollaidh stands crowned in red A stone serpent draped across his flanks Interlocking scales curl steeply upwards Reptilian ladder protection against a tide of booted feet Under tussocks … Continue reading
Posted in environment, landscape, mountains, nature, poetry, storm, Uncategorized, wilderness
Tagged crags, deer, landscape, Loch, mountains, nature, paths, peat, poetry, Quinag, rocks, Stac Pollaidh, storm, Suilven, summer, summit, trails, wild, Wild weather
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A wild, light and dark, magical mid-winter turning of the world
The world is turning, there is a palpable sense of shifting and change. It is the winter solstice and after today, the hours of sunlight will begin to slowly, steadily increase. But the last few days leading up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurora Borealis, birds, Christmas, gales, ice, mid-winter, Milky Way, mountains, northern lights, Orion, snow, Starlight, Storms, wilderness, wildlife, winter solstice, Yule, Yuletide
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Bright light, white light and pre-Solstice glowing
June: summer Solstice is almost upon us and all the land is glowing. Warmth and light, at last, have bathed us all in magic, and while cool winds still catch the unwary, in sheltered places the joyous, delicious scent of … Continue reading
Posted in environment, nature, wildlife
Tagged birds, edgeland, edgeline, elsewhere, June, light, mountains, sea, Summer Solstice, waves
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Red River Croft 