The Hazel Tree

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  • Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014 /

    Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, heathland and rocky shores

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    Fresh leaves in old woodlands

    May 8, 2018

    Trespassing

    February 6, 2018

    Autumn colours in Killiecrankie

    October 18, 2015
  • In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’

    May 31, 2014 /

    Known as the 'day's eye', because the flowers open only in full sunlight and close up again at dusk. Perhaps we should feel guilty about mowing their heads off!

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    The road to Loch Avich

    October 6, 2018

    The cuckoo in his mantle grey

    May 26, 2024

    Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015
  • Early Purple Orchid

    May 26, 2014 /

    With spikes of the richest, deepest magenta and leaves that are strangely blotched with purple, this is one show-stopping flower!

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    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Fresh leaves in old woodlands

    May 8, 2018

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
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