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Linlithgow Loch from Linlithgow Palace
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West Lothian - Linlithgow and Beecraigs
Linlithgow Loch from the top of Linlithgow Palace. Mary Queen of Scots was born in the palace in 1542
01 August 2004
Linlithgow palace gate
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West Lothian - Linlithgow and Beecraigs
Linlithgow palace gate. Mary Queen of Scots was born in the palace in 1542.
01 August 2004
Linlithgow Palace, Greylag geese
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West Lothian - Linlithgow and Beecraigs
Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, with Greylag Geese (Anser anser) which are fed by visitors to the loch. Mary Queen of Scots was born in the palace in 1542.
01 August 2004
Ben Mor Coigach
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Ben Mor Coigach framed by Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) above Loch Cùl Dromannan
19 June 2012
Stac Pollaidh and midges in evening light
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Stac Pollaidh (Stac Polly) in evening light from Loch Cùl Dromannan. A cloud of midges (Culicoides impunctatus) is highlighted by the sunset. The females midges suck human blood, but mostly that of cattle, sheep and deer.
19 June 2012
Conservation volunteer with tree guard, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A conservation volunteer finishing construction of a tree guard created from coppiced Alder at the Flanders Moss car park, taken by Polly Phillpot.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. 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. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Old drainage ditches, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Straight lines mark old drainage ditches, now blocked to re-wet the bog. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches. 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.
