Tag Archives: sea

Elemental Colours and Inner Sounds (Water Colours II)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

I wrote last year about the Inner Sound and the Minch, stretches of sea between Wester Ross on the Scottish mainland and the Hebrides: https://notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/water-colours/ Red River Croft looks out over them both but especially where they meet, one running … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, coasts, environment, experiencing nature, photography, Scotland, weather | Tagged coast, coastal environments, colours of nature, elementals, Inner Sound, marine environments, nature, Scotland, sea, The Minch, Wester Ross | 7 Comments

Winter blues and the magic of light

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

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 | 10 Comments

Limestone homecoming and olive trees

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

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 | 5 Comments

Dog biscuits, ravens and the end of summer

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Over the last few days high tides and a scouring north westerly wind whipped up coffee coloured foam and piled it high. Gusts carried salt and globules of froth to stick on my cheeks and glasses. Gone are the sand … Continue reading →

Posted in beaches, birds, coasts, encounters with wildlife, environment, experiencing nature, holidays, landscape, nature, otters, photography, Scotland, sea, Skye, summer, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife encounters | Tagged beaches, coasts, family holidays, Highlands, nature, otters, sand, sea, sky, Skye, summer holidays, summer weather, weather, Wester Ross, wild, wildlife encounters | 4 Comments

Swallows, ghosts and purple rain

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Our run of sassy, warm and sunny May weather ended in a flurry of sharp showers and midge mists. With the addition of moisture after weeks of dryness everywhere is sappy, buzzing and busy, especially in the croft fields. Even the … Continue reading →

Posted in beaches, birds, coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, nature writing, photography, Scotland, sea, Skye, weather, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged coast, coastal birds, coastal environments, sea, sea birds, Skye, waves, weather, Wester Ross, wildlife | 6 Comments

Mists, mellowness and an otter’s supper

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

We have been languishing in benign, calm Spring brightness. The vernal equinox has prodded this place into wakefulness, shaking us all out of our winter wrappings. Music and song has erupted from every corner of the croft, from hedges and … Continue reading →

Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, otters, photography, sea, Skye, Spring, Trotternish, Uncategorized, walking, weather, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged Aurora Borealis, beach, coastal birds, coasts, haar, Milky Way, mist, otters, pied wagtails, sea, Spring, weather | 6 Comments

The vernal equinox and a spring clean

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

A young blogger (https://youngfermanaghnaturalist.com/) asked whether spring had arrived on the croft. I wanted to answer yes, but in truth, though there are patches of spring here and there and although it is the spring equinox, we are mostly still … Continue reading →

Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, mountains, nature, sea, skylarks, Spring, storm, walking, weather | Tagged beach, hail, sea, snow, Spring, spring clean, Spring equinox, storm, waves, winds | 8 Comments

Grey tails and skylarks

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

As the first page of March opened, tall thunder clouds passed over the Cuillin and Trotternish on Skye and glided across the Inner Sound. Soundless, austere and stately, the heights of their heads were impossible to estimate and yet I … Continue reading →

Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, nature, sea, Spring, weather, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged birds, coast, sea, snow, Spring, Storms, weather, wildlife | 7 Comments

Winter darkness is always threaded with light

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Winter still stretches out ahead in a long slow arc. Occasionally it feels like travelling on a motorway through a wet, dark night, headlights on full. Beyond the limits of pale beams nothing can be seen even though we know … Continue reading →

Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, otters, river, sea, snow, storm, wilderness, wildlife, winter, winter weather | Tagged beaches, clouds, paint, sea, shades of grey, weather, winter | 8 Comments

Midwinter, Christmas and a new neighbour

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

I am restored. Normal winter weather has returned. From outside howlings and groanings interfere with any thoughts of planning for the day. The noise is relentless. I can’t see properly through any of my windows though I peer out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, midwinter, otters, solstice, Storms | Tagged birds, Christmas, midwinter, north winds, otters, sea, Storms, waves, wildlife, winter solstice | 8 Comments