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Tag Archives: wild
Dog biscuits, ravens and the end of summer
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
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Wild meetings and mirages
A heron-grey early dawn. Through my open window wet scented air slipped in. It smelled wonderful. After days of heat that has bleached bog mosses and sucked moisture from soil, the rain was very welcome. Scents slicked over my tongue … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, birds, coasts, encounters with wildlife, environment, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged beach, birds, coast, croft, landscape, meetings, nature, new friends, ringed plovers, stag, weather, Wester Ross, wild, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife encounters
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Wildness at the door
Autumn is in full swing everywhere with a rich basket of berries, nuts, fungi and assorted swatches of vibrant colours painted haphazardly across everything. I am home in the Highlands after a short visit to Paris, via London. Both cities … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, city, environment, experiencing nature, flaneuse, landscape, nature, parks, walking, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged bogs, Paris, rut, stags, wild, wilderness, wildness
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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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Along a singing shore
There’s a keen wind singing along the shore this morning; it is not cold, just brisk and southerly. The waves are small but very noisy and their tops light up in glowing verdigris as the sun swims behind scudding clouds. … Continue reading
Posted in #AutumnWatch, Autumn, coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, sea, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged coast, crustacea, dog, insects, otter, oystercatcher, passage migrants, shore birds, shoreline, singing, waves, wild, Wind
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Wild storm bounty, sea birds and blooming heather
A short, blast of extreme weather in the Highlands recently brought flooding and a heat wave; and lots of midges. These wildly fluctuating conditions light up the landscape with flashing colour and humming vibrancy, as if the end-of-summer days must … Continue reading
Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, peatbogs, photography, river, sea, storm, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged birds, kelp, nature, sea, seabirds, seaweeds, shoreline, summer storm, The Minch, waves, weather, Wester Ross, wild, wilderness, wildlife
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Holidays, remote beaches and an unusual summer storm
Summer (school) holidays are in full swing and it’s been raining. Of course it has; just when you want some dry warmth so children can run about and enjoy the freedom of hill and beach on their Highland holidays torrential … Continue reading
Posted in environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged beach, environment, experiencing nature, nature, ocean, rocks, sands, sea, seabirds, storm, summer, weather, wild, wildlife
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A sea-eagle-wild
Outside the wind is blowing fierce and cold, sweeping thick greyness across the Minch to hurl icy showers hard against the windows. The mountains are snow-clad and the Red River has over-topped its banks. A new burn has appeared … Continue reading
Posted in environment, experiencing nature, nature, wilderness, wildlife
Tagged experience, feral, flood, health, nature, remote, rewilding, sea eagle, senses, snow, social media, Torridon, well-being, wild, wilderness, wildlife
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Red River Croft 