Newtonmore Wildflowers

In July, I went to an event organised by Butterfly Conservation at the nearby Insh Marshes.  One of the things that I had always fancied doi...

 I have just come back from a week on the West Coast at Lochaline, with friends from the Inverness Botany Group.  We stayed in the very gran...

It’s orchid time down on Newtonmore Golf Course and I took advantage of a few warm days to have two leisurely walks through the golf course ...

 At the moment, the garden is buzzing with bees. Especially bumblebees. These can be identified from the stripes on their body and the colou...

 All of a sudden, the garden has burst into bloom with the recent warm weather. It has been somewhat frustrating that I am unable to do much...

Partway through April, my husband and I joined a group from the British lichen society on Arran for a few days of lichen hunting. Although m...

 Over Easter I was lucky to have some of my family staying and we went for a walk to the Falls of Truim.   The Truim  runs through a gorge a...