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  • Lesser celandine: greeting the sun

    March 15, 2016 /

    Star-like flowers of pure yellow welcome the first spring sunshine

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    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025
  • The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014 /

    In March, the sweet yellow heads of primroses start to appear in the hedgerows. As one of the first signs of spring, they make a heartwarming sight!

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    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 2023

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015
  • Windflowers – tears of Aphrodite

    May 17, 2013 /

    According to a Greek legend, wood anemones - or windflowers - sprang up where the tears of Aphrodite fell. A lovely story, although she must have wept quite a lot, poor girl!

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    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021
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