Nature Friday bonanza: wildflowers and waterfalls

So I'm handing over to Gail today, as ever since she returned from Slovenia earlier this week, she's been going on and on (and on) about all the beautiful wildflowers and pristine mountain streams.

Gail here: I'll let the photos do most of the talking for this Nature Friday post. Wildflower ID was aided in some cases by the wonderful PlantNet app. 

Round-leaved saxifrage

Meadow sage

Spreading bellflower

Dark rampion

Nettle-leaved speedwell

Bird's nest orchid

Lesser butterfly orchid

Scabious (unsure which species)

Bastard balm

Ragged robin

Balm-leaved archangel

Eastern bathaani

Wild thyme

And finally, some pictures of the most beautifully clean and sparkling waters you'll see anywhere in Europe.

Wishing Rosy and Sunny and all our other friends a happy Nature Friday!

 

Macro mania in Ballogie Woods

When we went for a walk this week in the woods and Gail got out her phone, I naturally assumed that it would be me she wanted to photograph. 

After all it usually is.

But for once, I was wrong. It seems my owner has recently discovered her phone camera's 'macro' function (for taking close-ups), and so every few yards she would stop, kneel on the ground and zoom in on the pretty but mostly rather small wildflowers in bloom just now.

Chickweed wintergreen

Tormentil

Bugle

Mouse ear

Crane's bill

You already know that I am generally a Good Boy when Gail starts coming over all botanical, and for the most part I waited patiently when she found yet more different species to photograph.

Twinflower

Lousewort

Yellow pimpernel

Milkwort

Bitter-vetch

But I'm sure you'll understand that the forbearance of a young WFT does have its limits...

Happy Nature Friday friends. I'm off!