Newtonmore Wildflowers

 I had helped to organise a field trip for Inverness Botany Group, which was a walk up "The Big Glen" in Golspie to look at ferns ...

 I have been trying to catch the rabbit that is eating my plants but it ignored the lettuce in my live trap. However, I was delighted to cat...

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...