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Tag Archives: nature
Midsummer, Supermoon and Death
When the longest day fell on the 21st of June, it was dark and overcast and seemed like the shortest day. Thousands of years ago our ancestors would have been most put out to find their stone circles could not … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, birds, death, Equinox, feathers, fungus, Gregorian, Julian, juniper, Midsummer, nature, St John's Wort, world trade, worms
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Fast flowing water; Grey Heron and White Throated Dipper
We live to the south west of Cauldcleuch Head, a 619 metres high ridge which is near the start of the Scottish Watershed (see Peter Wright’s ‘Ribbon of Wilderness’). It is a significant goal for many hardy hikers to aim … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, dipper, Heron, liddel water, nature, tributaries, uplands, watershed, wildlife
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Weasel Family
There are many badger setts around and beyond our cottage. This is the European Badger (latin name Meles meles), part of the Weasel family. It evolved over 2-4 million years, since the end of the Pleistocene era. Researchers have speculated … Continue reading
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Tagged badger, hunting, lutra lutra, meles meles, nature, otter, pleistocene, scotland, weasel
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Insects around me
Living in countryside with no living dwelling within sight of our cottage makes for an interesting life. Day and night we are presented with an array of insects. My favourite book as a child was ‘My Family and Other Animals’ … Continue reading
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Tagged age of fishes, climate, evolution of insects, gerald durrell, nature
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Have gun will kill
Ornithologists do not recognise the pheasant as a UK bird, although it has the most beautiful plumage of any bird resident in these Isles. It was an Asian bird, finally domesticated and brought to Britain by the Romans adding to … Continue reading
Nature’s attributes half way up a mountain
We live by a strongly flowing burn. We are used to wet weather, therefore the ground is often boggy, but it drains fast. We are half way up a mountain so the height increases UV light and the conditions attract … Continue reading
Glorious 12th
Yesterday was the ‘Glorious 12th’ and all grouse (lagopus lagopus scoticus ) in Scotland would have been finding themselves the target of many shooters had it not been a Sunday. No game may be shot on a Sunday. From today … Continue reading
Iapetus Ocean
Drilling to the deepest parts of the Earth as possible has led scientists to infer the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. A period of geological time known as the Archean ( 3.5-3.4 billion years ago) has been studied … Continue reading
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