Today was a beautiful, warm and sunny day. We decided to walk along a ridge overlooking the Carron Valley reservoir, where we had been skiing in the winter.
Eventually we reached this waterfall, which was surrounded by flowers.
There had recently been a rock fall which has filled in the pool below the highest fall.
The picture below was taken in May 2009, before the rock fall.
A closer view of the freshly fallen rocks.
Nearby we found a few Early Purple Orchids (
Orchis mascula)...
...and plenty of Mossy Saxifrage (
Saxifraga hypnoides)
The sun had brought out lots of butterflies, including this freshly emerged Green-veined White...
... and a pair of Orange-tips.
The male is above and the female below. The flower is Cuckoo Flower (
Cardamine pratensis) which is the most common species of flower on which the Orange-tip lays its eggs.
Eventually we reached this waterfall, which was surrounded by flowers.
There had recently been a rock fall which has filled in the pool below the highest fall.
The picture below was taken in May 2009, before the rock fall.
A closer view of the freshly fallen rocks.
Nearby we found a few Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula)...
...and plenty of Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides)
The sun had brought out lots of butterflies, including this freshly emerged Green-veined White...
... and a pair of Orange-tips.
The male is above and the female below. The flower is Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) which is the most common species of flower on which the Orange-tip lays its eggs.
1 comment:
Loved the site especially the orchid photographs.
Best wishes.
Brian Allan.
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