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Tag Archives: fells
Where have all the trees gone?
The Forestry Commission persuaded the then farmer, who owned the land around our cottage, to plant pine trees over every slope as far as we can see around us. There are Scots pine, Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce and Larch. … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged broadleaved woodland, fells, photosynthesis, Pine plantations, trees, watershed, wild landscapes of Scotland
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The Language of the Watershed
I was relaxing watching ‘The Lord of the Kings’ Trilogy this past week whilst wintry weather raged around our cottage. It seemed to me that Tolkien was using the landscape of Scotland to invent his mythological Hobbit landscape. I then … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged burns, fells, Highlands, hills, James VI Scotland, Language of landscape, lochs, Lord of the Rings, mountains, rivers, Scottish Borders, Tolkien, tributaries
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Buzzard Territory
The Buzzard is a medium to large sized raptor, and is as an effective killing machine as a Golden Eagle. Geneticist Steve Jones suggests that the Buzzard is one of many creatures probably descended from a ‘segmented worm-like being in … Continue reading
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Tagged buzzard, fells, mountains, raptor, scotland, wildlife, woodland
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