Sunday, 30 August 2009
Saturday, 22 August 2009
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Invasive species patrol........
Last night I was having a check up on some of the invasives records we found last year. To my dismay, the few square metres that we found at Keltneyburn last year has now become several hundred square metres.....illustrating how quickly these species can spread. I found several other sources between here and Aberfeldy.......we definitely need to try and get a grip of this next year before it becomes a big problem that is too expensive to rectify. You can see white butterburr here in the foreground as well, another invasive species present in the Lyon catchment........
Under the butterburr leaves......
You can see here that after a period of time, that much of the ground vegetation is going to get shaded out.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Newtyle beat on the Middle Tay
These two great pictures of Newtyle were taken by head ghillie Martin Ritchie. There are a few fish moving in the middle river just now. If you are ever looking for a great place to fish in the middle Tay, you could do a lot worse than give Martin a phone. You can get the Newtyle details through the FishTay website.
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Loch Voil
Loch Voil lies in the glen to the south of Glen Dochart. Another typically wet and midge infested wilderness within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. I was down here yesterday looking at a woodland regeneration site, and took a moment to visit Rob Roy's grave on the way back.
Himalayam balsam on Aberfeldy Golf course
Himalayam balsam looks slightly different in different circumstances, depending on density, level of shading, age etc. This is HB in all these photos......it is useful getting your eye in for it at this stage. Once flowers come out, seeds can be produced very quickly indeed, and it will soon be too late for pulling. These pictures were taken on Aberfeldy golf course two weeks ago......they will almost certainly all be purple by now.
How invasives get started........
This nice little plant has been planted by the council in a new playground in Aberfeldy.
Fairly harmless, you would think......
Closer......
Compare this with the lambium below, which is definitely becoming an invasive species in some woodland areas. Notice the similarities.......pretty leaves, spreads quickly to cover the ground area.......just like an invasive plant!!
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The River Lochay yesterday
This is the lower Lochay, just above the Bridge of Lochay hotel on Boreland Estate.
A rapid fall in level.......
The river level on the lower Lochay is artifically controlled by the power station, levels going up and down several times a day.....these rocks had been covered in water a few hours before......this unnatural flow regime tends to promote erosion of the banks, as seen below.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
On the Spey..........
Another beautiful picture from Alistair makinson. For contact details, see the post below.
Friday, 26 June 2009
On the open hills........
Alistair Makinson has made a key contribution to our overall fundraising effort for our catchments project, selling prints of both rivers, and, like this one, wider wildlife scenes. You can see some more of his work at: http://www.alistairmakinson.com/ or look out for him in the artists tent at the Scone Game Fair.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Breadalbane Deer Management Group visit to South Rannoch
Mark Duncan, Colin Lavin and John McNulty of the Forestry Commission kindly hosted a meeting of the Breadalbane Deer Management Group at South Rannoch on Monday 22nd June, meeting at Tummel Bridge larder, and spending a good part of the day in South Rannoch Forest. A very enjoyable and interesting day was had by all. Thanks to Mark, Colin and John for pulling things together, and to George Coyne of Auchlyne who organized most of the stalkers to come along, but who unfortunately could not be there on the day himself. Vice-chair Emma paterson thanked FC on behalf of the DMG for hosting the visit.
Any of these images can be enlarged to full screen size simply by clicking on them.
Mark Duncan presents....!!
Mark Duncan explains deer management on FC land on Tayside, and within the Breadalbane DMG area in particular.
Having a chat.....
Jimmy Irvine of DCS and Tim Frost of Boreland catch up....... take your hands out of your pockets Jimmy!!
A big container with a roof over the top
The FC larder at Tummel Bridge is effectively a container that could be moved by way of a low loader if necessary. The shed was put up later to give added protection from the weather, but cuts down the potential for moving the larder if that was deemed to be necessary. Not impossible though........
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