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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Detail of green sphagnum moss |
Instead of doing art work (in my case finish cutting the leaf) we decided to take a trip and visit Forsinard National Nature Reserve which is in the centre of the highlands blanket peat bog - 4000sq kilometres of internationally important bog - one of the biggest carbon sinks on the globe. Our local village is on the edge of this amazing entity.
Following are a few images from a glorious few hours spent taking in the beauty and importance of this rich and diverse environment.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Viewing tower in the distance |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Detail of red sphagnum moss |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Heather |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Bog cotton |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Intrepid nature photographer |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Amazing extent of the bog - as far as the eye could see |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Flat leaf sundew - sticky bits for trapping insects - leaf is about 2cm long |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Round leaf sun dews - one has trapped an insect |
The sidetrack was well worth it.
such a beautiful bogland, love the diversity in the details but gosh it looks cold and it's summer over there!
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ReplyDeleteHi P and MC - thanks for your faithful visits to the blog and leaving of comments. MC - amazing that what we call bog can offer such beauty and diversity. P- fascinating indeed - matters we are not even aware of at home. Peace. B
ReplyDeletejust as I "saw" cloth in Fiona's fishing cottages, so too I see cloth in the bog-land ... such simple beauty
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