Tuesday 23 February 2010

Through a dirty window.........


Glorious day in Highland Perthshire today.............

Thursday 18 February 2010

TWCP Report front cover photo


This photo of Killin will form the front cover of our final report.

Helen Meek of Ardessie Publishing, Dundonnell,near Ullapool, will be designing our final report.
We will be making best use of all the photographic material that we have.

TWCP Back page photo


This picture will form the centre of the back page. This is the Lyon at Roroyere.

Biscuit & Nelly surveying, Feb 2008


Hydro abstraction point


Water abstraction issues will be one of the key issues we want to highlight.

Monday 15 February 2010

Light coloured water vole


I got this great photo today from Katy Freeman who works for Forestry Commission Scotland in Cowal & Trossachs Forest District. We did some water vole survey work for Katy last autumn down by Lochgoilhead. She is managing a water vole release programme within the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, using water voles rescued from a development site in Glasgow. There was a danger that the genetic base of the introduced population might get too narrow, so we arranged for her to capture some immature water voles in Glen Lochay, at a site that we found in 2007, and these will be used to breed with her captive voles to give her a wider genetic base.
We will use this photo in pole position in the water vole section of our final report. This water vole is light coloured. The Scottish population has a high proportion of black animals but many are also the brown variety and some are a grey, brown , blackish in-between colour.
Well done Katy.

Swim away.....!!


Newtyle on the Tay


Here are a couple of images of boats on the Tay, to be included in main report in a short section on the Tay Ghillies Association, one of our key funders.

Twa boats at Cargill


Sunday 14 February 2010

Comrie Bridge, Lower Lyon


This collection of 42 photographs will be inserted as eight pages of plates in our final catchment report in addition to the further 80-100 used to illustrate points in the main body of the report itself. Our catchment survey has allowed us access to these glens in all weathers and at all times of year, from the rivers right up to the high hill tops. There are lots of things going on all the time.
The images can be expanded to full screen size simply by clicking on them

The Burning Bush


Meggernie Pine Trees


In to Loch Dochart


Glenlyon Pine Trees


Forestry Commission timber on Drummond Hill


Day old deer


The middle Tay at Murthly


Bridge on South Chesthill


Looking north from Meall garbh, Glenlyon


Highland Coo


Ben heasgarnich from Meall nan Subh


In the buttercups.....


Meggernie castle


The dam at Loch an Daimh, Glenlyon


Hinds in Fields at Invervar


Benmore and Stob Binnein from Meall Dubh, Glenlyon


Bog Cotton: Meall a Mhuic, Innerwick, Glenlyon


Ruined bothy in Gleann Muillin, Glenlyon Estate


The Scary Pine tree of Strathfillan


The long and winding road


Cononish Farm


Waterfall: Allt Eas Anie, Cononish


Rob Roy's House, Glen Dochart


The Roman Bridge, Glenlyon


Sunset in Glen Lochay


Garth Castle, Keltneyburn


Saturday 13 February 2010

Aspen trees in the snow


A back-selection of photos......more tomorrow.

Feeding time on North Chesthill


Coire Choille Chuilc Pinewood, Tyndrum


Lower Glen Lyon


Jimmy Lambie's Pigs


Gold Light on Schiehallion


Photo from Kristina Hayward

Tarmachan Ridge from across Loch Tay


Photo from Kristina Hayward

Lonesome Pine in Strathfillan


The Moon over Inverinian


Blackfaced sheep above Invervar


Day out on the Dochart