Newtonmore Wildflowers

In the last post, I went to look for what was flowering along the A9, but much to my surprise I found that there were some unexpected lichen...

 North of Kingussie is a stretch of the "new" A9 where it has been upgraded into dual carriageway (much to the relief of locals as...

 I have really been enjoying the recent sunny weather with clear blue skies, followed by a frost at night.  This year the plants seem quite ...

Today I saw my first Celandines in flower.  Lesser Celandine Their scientific name is Ranunculus ficaria.  The buttercup also belongs to the...

 There is not much of interest in the flowering plants yet apart from the spring bulbs, so I am still keeping myself occupied looking for li...

The weather has at last become more springlike - the lying snow has melted in the village though there is still snow on the hills. Snowdrop...

 One of my first posts on lichens was about Usnea, Beard lichens.  I am gradually getting better at seeing the difference between the differ...