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Sundew, Forsinard Flows
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Sundew (Drosera sp) and Sphagnum Moss, Forsinard Flows. Sundew is a carnivorous plant which entraps insects using sticky droplets on its leaves. Thus, it makes up for the lack of nutrition in peaty soils.
23 May 2011
Butterwort and Sundew, Forsinard Flows
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Butterwort (Pinguicula sp) and Sundew (Drosera sp) are both carnivorous plants which entrap insects using sticky droplets on their leaves. Thus, they make up for the lack of nutrition in peaty soils.
23 May 2011
Viewpoint over the peat bogs, Dubh Lochan Trail, Forsinard
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Viewpoint over the peat bogs, Dubh Lochan Trail, Forsinard Flows RSPB Nature Reserve
23 May 2011
Viewpoint over the peat bogs, Dubh Lochan Trail, Forsinard
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Viewpoint over the peat bogs, Dubh Lochan Trail, Forsinard Flows, with the hamlet of Forsinard behind
23 May 2011
Blocked up drainage ditch
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
A drainage ditch blocked up with a small dam. This is an attempt to reverse the damage of the past, and restore the peatland habitat, an important bird breeding habitat and carbon sink, by protecting it from drying out.
23 May 2011
An ancient tree root in a drainage ditch
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
An ancient tree root in a drainage ditch on the Dubh Lochans Trail, Forsinard Flows RSPB Nature Reserve. Trees grew in warmer, drier climates of the postglacial era, then cooler wetter conditions hastened their demise and promoted the growth of peat.
23 May 2011
Lochside vegetation, Forsinard Flows
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Lochside vegetation including Sphagnum Moss and Bog Myrtle on the Dubh Lochans trail, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve
23 May 2011
Sphagnum Moss, Forsinard Flows
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Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Different colours of Sphagnum Moss, Dubh Lochan nature trail, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve