Newtonmore Wildflowers

In a previous post, I mentioned that a thrush had nested on our ladder - well I was wrong, it turned out to be a blackbird after all!  All t...

 A  surprise visitor came to my garden yesterday -  a whirring blur of something grey and orange hovering in front of a flower.  It came bac...

At the moment, there is a striking orange flower blooming. This is Fox-and-cubs ( Pilosella aurantica ). It has a basal clump of hairy leave...

There is a profusion of flowers at the moment so it is hard to know where to start.  A walk on the golf course had this glorious collection:...

This last week has been exciting in my garden.  First, a dragonfly emerged from its larva in my pond, and sat for hours on an iris leaf, giv...

There are several bedstraws coming into flower at the moment which all have white flowers. Heath Bedstraw ( Galium saxatile ) is low growing...

There are flowers bursting out everywhere, thanks to the warm weather and – dare I say it? – summer.  The more obvious bluebells abound ...