Skye in Pictures: 2014

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Summer Skye - Wild Flowers

The roadside grasses and wild flowers are at their very best just now. The pictures in this collection were all taken during one half-mile walk along the verge of the A863 from Roskhill yesterday afternoon, and show the wonderful diversity of Skye's common roadside flowers. Click on any picture to view the gallery full-size, and if anyone would like to post a 'comment' to name all the flowers - that would be great!

Update: We now have names for most of them. Can anyone fill-in the gaps??

Birds-foot Trefoil

Northern Marsh Orchid

Common Spotted Orchid

Field Buttercup

Clover

Thyme

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Ragged Robin

Speedwell

Tufted vetch

Marsh thistle

Hawkbit

Foxglove

Tormentil

Red clover

Thyme

Ox-eye Daisy

Friday, 6 June 2014

Spring Walk On Skye

This is a post showing a few of Sue's photos. They were all taken during one walk through Dunvegan Woods on a sunny afternoon in early June last year. Skye Magic is at its most powerful in spring and early summer, as the winter browns of the moorland turn to radiant green and wild flowers appear from nowhere to carpet the ground with dots of blues, pinks and and yellows and white.

nearly back home!

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Glen Brittle Forest Tracks

There are many miles of well-surfaced tracks in Glen Brittle forest. Access is from Eynort, or the road down through Glen Brittle, where there are three or four entrances, all with some parking space. Much of the forest is not dense plantation, and there are spectacular views over the glen and the Cuillin. Some of the tracks link, so circular walks are possible. Carrying a GPS device to record where you have been is advised - getting lost is a distinct possibility!