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Charles Eric Palmar, Curator of Natural HiStory
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Charles Eric Palmar, Curator of Natural HiStory, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, probably 1970s
27 February 2017
Charles Eric Palmar photographing on a cliff
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Scanned from photo taken by CE Palmar. Here Charles Eric Palmar is photographing with an old and heavy plate camera mounted on a tripod, above what is probably the nest of a Golden eagle on a steep cliff, thus the rope attached to him for safety!
27 February 2017
John Arnott of BBC Scotland interviewing Charles Eric Palmar in 1963
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Behind the Naturalist's Lens
Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar. John Arnott of BBC Scotland is interviewing Charles Eric Palmar in 1963 about his recently produced 30 minute colour film "Highland Heronry" for which he was a joint winner of a natural hiStory film competition sponsored jointly by the BBC and the Council for Nature. The film was shown on television during National Nature Week.
27 February 2017
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. In the background is an observation tower which gives good views over the bog.
20 October 2021
Pools forming on Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin. Pools have already begun to form behind a newly raised bund, built by a digger to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Pools forming on Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin. Pools have already begun to form behind a newly raised bund, built by a digger to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Bottlenose dolphin watching, Chanonry Point
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Chanonry Point, Moray Firth and Beauly Firth
Eco tourism - photographers waiting for Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at Chanonry Point, amongst them Charlie Phillips of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
