Today was spent on the island of Arran. Interesting mammals consisted of three Common Seals on rocks near Whitefarland, a tame Red Deer stag in Lochranza and a (sadly) dead Red Squirrel on the road at Sannox.Birds included Lesser Redpolls on Machrie Moor, three Turnstones at Blackwaterfoot and Hooded Crows at Lochranza. Butterflies consisted of Scotch Argus, Small Copper, Peacock and a few Whites. Some interesting insects were Common Darters and a colony of Mining Bees. Plants included naturalised Monbretia and Fuschia.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
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