Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Restock site at Rannoch
Planted with Sitka Spruce to give it a chance against any internal deer pressure.
Deer control on restock sites
Mark Duncan explaining deer control to protect restock sites at South Rannoch
Taking things in.......
David Pirie of Innerwick, Ally MacAskill of JMT, Colin Lavin of FC, John McNulty of FC,and Jimmy Irvine of DCS
New watergates at South Rannoch
FC have four of these new water gates installed at South Rannoch.....they rise and fall with the water, and boulders etc can roll through underneath. To date, they seem to be working well.
Friday, 19 June 2009
Making the most of your photos
This is a photo that has been enhanced using Photoshop, the first to be processed in this manner on this blogsite by me, although Kristina Hayward has been known to tinker with these things from time to time. Although previously a sceptic of such technology, I have been persuaded to give it a go, and Colin Riach spent some time on this image of Killin from the road above Loch Tay. The original is posted below. I have been amazed by the results.
I am currently pulling together our catchment report, and this image will almost certainly now be used for the front cover. Seperately, Chris Thompson, below, touched up a photo of Ben Lui for me. There will be a piece in the final report on "Where is the Source of the Tay". I will use Chris's photo for that.
Well done guys. A real eye-opener.......
Enhanced image of Ben Lui.
This is Ben Lui with the Hole in the Wall waterfall in the foreground, the furthest point that salmon can access on the Tay. Chris Thompson has touched up this image for me, ehhancing the trees in the foreground, giving a more defined outline to the mountain, and generally bringing out the colours a bit better.
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Woodfuel supplies in Glenlyon.......
This is the type of wood that would benefit from some thinning. The timber here is low quality alders, worthless for most commercial purposes, but perfectly usable as woodfuel if a market for this can be established and co-ordinated in Glenlyon. The pigs above can often be found raking through this area.
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Inchadney- The Settlement that disappeared.....
Inchadney Church was situated approximately 2km NE of the present church in Kenmore. There had been a settlement and a church here since early medieval times. In addition to the church there was also a manse, a cemetery and a holy well. Burials took place until 1760. The manse was occupied for another couple of decades and the church was dismantled in the early 19th century. Some grave stones were transferred to the new graveyard in Kenmore, but some are thought to have been used in making a road leading to the new castle at Taymouth. The exact location of the church is not known. The area was planted with trees and today it is difficult to imagine that not so very long ago, here was a settlement of some importance. All that remains of Inchadney is the well.
The bridge below is near to the site of the settlement.............
The bridge below is near to the site of the settlement.............
Monday, 1 June 2009
Scorch-io in Highland Perthshire
Was going to say "not a cloud in the sky", but not quite......you get the idea though, it is very, very hot today.......scorchio......!!
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